Health Populi March 5, 2021
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

A major side-effect of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 was its impact on the national U.S. economy, jobs, and peoples’ household finances — in particular, medical spending.

In 2021, patients-as-health-consumers seek lower health care and prescription drug costs coupled with higher quality care, discovered by the patient advocacy coalition, Consumers for Quality Care.

This broad-spanning patient coalition includes the AIMED Alliance, Autism Speaks, the Black AIDS Institute, Black Women’s Health Initiative, Center Forward, Consumer Action. Fair Foundation, First Focus, Global Liver Institute, Hydrocephalus Association, LULAC, MANA (a Latina advocacy organization), Myositis Association, National Consumers League, National Health IT Collaborative, National Hispanic Council on Aging, National Hispanic Medical Association, National Minority Quality Forum, Patient Power, Prevention Institute, and Treatment Communities of...

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Topics: Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Pricing / Spending, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Survey / Study, Trends
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