Mind the Gap in Healthcare
What is good healthcare? Is patient-centeredness possible? Despite working in the same healthcare “system,” leaders in business, medicine, and public policy often answer these questions…
Read MoreObama’s False Promise
President Obama repeatedly promised Americans over the past four years that, “If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep it” under the Affordable Care…
Read MoreWho is responsible for the health of this child?
Aixa Cano was described in a recent AP article as a shy, 5-year old girl from Chaco, a poor farming province in northern Argentina. What…
Read MoreThe Elusive Cost of Care
My right knee started bothering me on a long run a month ago. After weeks of pain, fruitless physical therapy, and no clear diagnosis, I…
Read MoreWill Health Providers Survive Health Reform?
When I first told my primary care physician that I was leaving my hometown to start medical school, he sat me down in his office.…
Read MoreHIX and Behavioral Econ
Obamacare will bring many changes starting January 1, 2014 to people who don’t currently get their health coverage through their job. Part of the law…
Read MoreThe ACA and Responsibilities of the States
There are many quotes about procrastination and general stubbornness that can be used to scold the states that willingly refused or were hesitant to plan…
Read MoreHealth Insurance Exchanges Are Coming. Will They Work?
With the 2012 presidential election decided, even House Speaker John Boehner concedes that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the “law of the land.” But…
Read MoreAIDS Policy in the US
This past summer, the International AIDS Conference was held in the United States for the first time since 1987. It was the same year of…
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