Many see COVID-19 as a moment for change, with improving access to health care as the shift they most want to see.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
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Building Back a Better Medicare Program
By John E. McDonough and Sherry Glied
The Milbank Quarterly, January 21, 2021
Every US administration since 1966 has had to engage in Medicare policymaking. The program
Inaugural Address
By Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Inaugural Address, January 20, 2021
I understand that many of my fellow Americans view the future with fear and trepidation. I understand
President-elect Biden’s health care approach
An increase in subsidies could drive millions to enroll in Obamacare marketplaces, experts say.
By Sarah Kliff
The New York Times, January 16, 2021
Tucked into President-elect Bidenās
MLK Jr.: Do we have the will to end poverty?
If he saw the issues of poverty and income inequality that exist today, he would be greatly disappointed.
By Martin Luther King III
The New York Times,
Are There Trade-offs in Public Health Insurance Design?
By Katherine Baicker, Ph.D.
JAMA Health Forum, January 14, 2021
The importance of access to health care and the financial protections that insurance should provide have never
Structural Racism in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Columbia University, Irving Medical Center, January 12, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the deep fissures in our nationās health care system, accentuating tragic disparities largely
Providing vaccine to detained immigrants
By Nishant Uppal, Parsa Erfani, and Raquel Sofia Sandoval
STAT, January 12, 2021
Targeted vaccination efforts are essential in prisons and jails, where 90 of the 100
Eric Foner on American exceptionalism
George Yancy interviews Eric Foner, history professor at Columbia
Truthout, January 12, 2021
What will history make of the horror and disbelief experienced by the world on
U.S. ranks near last in equity, affordability and access to primary care
By Michelle M. Doty, Roosa S. Tikkanen, Molly FitzGerald, Katharine Fields, and Reginald D. Williams
Health Affairs, December 9, 2020
Abstract
A high-performing health care system strives to
Misrepresenting race in medical schools
By Christina Amutah, B.A., Kaliya Greenidge, Adjoa Mante, A.B., Michelle Munyikwa, Ph.D., Sanjna L. Surya, B.A., Eve Higginbotham, M.D., David S. Jones, M.D., Ph.D., Risa
So, where does health care reform fit in all of this?
Senate control opens up new possibilities, but the party will still need to contend with arcane rules and the challenges of a narrow majority.
By Sarah