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What’s Expected to Drive Up Health Plan Costs in 2025: GLP-1s, Behavioral Health, and Inflationary Pressures for Hospitals and Doctors – PwC’s Behind the Numbers 2025

Health Populi

Bureau of Labor Statistics had good news for American consumers long-facing inflation for household spending over the past couple of years, announcing on July 11, 2024, that the general consumer price index (CPI) fell, lowering real prices for people buying airline tickets, used cars and trucks, communication, and petrol to fill auto tanks.

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Seeing Health/Care Everywhere at CES 2025: My Preview for #CES2025

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The 2025 convening of CES (once known as the Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas officially kicks off on 7 January 2025. More granularly, Ill be looking into Sleep-tech: The square footage of CES convention floor space devoted to sleep has been significant and visible, with 2025 growing new products and sleep-tech flavors.

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Primary care news round-up (13th February to 19th February 2025)

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Practices set to struggle with wage increases The cost of the National Insurance and Minimum Wage increases to practices is significantly greater than previously thought. The survey found that nearly two-thirds of patients reported at least one administration or communication problem while using NHS services.

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Staff Retention in Behavioral Health: Your Questions Answered

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) predicts that, by 2025, the U.S. Encourage communication and feedback As the saying goes, people don’t leave bad organizations, they leave bad managers. This disparity is part of a larger problem.

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Health Care Finance Leaders Look to Cut Costs and Improve Patients’ Financial Experience — Think AI and Venmo

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Bank’s expectation that the “use of digital payments is set to surge” by 2025. “The relationship between healthcare provider, patient and insurance payor is a complex one,” the U.S. Banks experience. The chart here illustrates U.S.

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New GP contract: a step forward or more of the same?

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The announcement of the new 2025/26 GP contract has been met with a mix of cautious optimism and deep-seated concerns. The funding looks good on paper, but once you factor in National Insurance and minimum wage increases, theres very little left to make a real difference, said one Practice Manager.

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3 in 4 U.S. Patients Say the Healthcare System is Broken — But Technology Can Help

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Lavidge, a communications consultancy, polled U.S. health consumers is with the health care system industry segments like hospitals, insurance companies, and pharma — as patients differentiate between the “system” and the “people” working in it. The erosion in trust among U.S.