America’s Underinsurance Crisis in the Age of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the underinsurance crisis that has long kept millions of Americans on the precipice of financial disaster.
Medicare/Medicaid
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Read more: Colorado Passes Landmark Birth Equity Bill Package Colorado Passes Landmark Birth Equity Bill Package
This month, activists in Colorado succeeded in passing a sweeping package of bills designed to address inequities in the obstetric system.
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Read more: FDA Approves Aducanumab for Alzheimer’s Disease: An Unethical Decision? FDA Approves Aducanumab for Alzheimer’s Disease: An Unethical Decision?
FDA’s approval of aducanumab may run against the bioethical principles of beneficence and non-maleficence.
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Read more: Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy
Interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues from the month of May 2021.
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Read more: Aducanumab: A Bitter Pill to Swallow Aducanumab: A Bitter Pill to Swallow
Patients are understandably desperate, but their needs are best served by following the science, rather than lowering the standards for drugs.
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Read more: COVID-19 and Dementia Care: Lessons for the Future COVID-19 and Dementia Care: Lessons for the Future
Family caregivers hold a critical role in the health care system and the economy, but do not receive adequate support and recognition.
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Read more: Health Reform via State Waiver Health Reform via State Waiver
If states can demonstrate success in implementing progressive health reforms, national health reform may follow.
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Read more: Possibilities and Pitfalls of Health Reform Through Budget Reconciliation Possibilities and Pitfalls of Health Reform Through Budget Reconciliation
Expanding health insurance coverage may be on the menu through budget reconciliation.
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Read more: Bail Out Humans Bail Out Humans
Our government bails out large risks in many arenas. Yet we fail to backstop the most human risk of all — our vulnerability to suffering and death.
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Read more: A Long View on Health Insurance Reform: The Case for an Employer Public Option A Long View on Health Insurance Reform: The Case for an Employer Public Option
The Biden administration should offer employers a Medicare-based public health insurance option for their employee coverage.
