Medicaid Buy-In and Section 1332 State Innovation Waivers
A number of state-level legislative projects are generating excitement about Medicaid buy-in plans.
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Read more: Malaria Eradication: For Africa as America Malaria Eradication: For Africa as America
Despite being curable, and eliminated from most developed countries, malaria is the fifth deadliest infectious disease in the world. Gene drives could change that. Let’s give it a try.
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Read more: HIV Treatment: Functional Cures are Just One Aspect of Newsworthy Progress HIV Treatment: Functional Cures are Just One Aspect of Newsworthy Progress
Is the fact that HIV has been functionally cured now twice amazing? Yes, absolutely. But nearly 37 million people are still living with HIV/AIDS around the world. The needs and stories of those people are every bit as important as the two individuals who have been functionally cured.
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Read more: Report: Maternal Mental Health Must be a Top Priority Report: Maternal Mental Health Must be a Top Priority
The focus on maternal health from a diverse range of policymakers and advocates is promising. However, it is critical to bring mental health to the fore in conversations surrounding maternal health. The recent USPSTF recommendations take an important step in this direction.
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Read more: Spitting at Science: The Unjustified Criminalization of Spitting While HIV-Positive Spitting at Science: The Unjustified Criminalization of Spitting While HIV-Positive
Saliva doesn’t transmit HIV, yet a number of states explicitly criminalize the act of spitting if one is HIV-positive. These laws are grossly out of step with our current medical and social understanding of HIV.
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Read more: Memorial Sloan Kettering Stops Executives From Corporate Engagements: Is it Enough? Memorial Sloan Kettering Stops Executives From Corporate Engagements: Is it Enough?
The move by Memorial Sloan Kettering is an important one, and constitutes a high visibility statement about the need to keep at bay the increasing financialization of science and medicine.
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Read more: On Social Suicide Prevention, Don’t Let the Perfect be the Enemy of the Good On Social Suicide Prevention, Don’t Let the Perfect be the Enemy of the Good
The argument that Facebook’s suicide prediction algorithm should be subject to the same regulatory regime as medicine and digital health is misguided and alarmist.
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Read more: Paid Leave as a Public Health Issue Paid Leave as a Public Health Issue
While more research in this area is needed, studies show that paid leave can and should be framed as a public health issue, and that the health costs of not providing paid leave should be incorporated into policy discussions.
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Read more: Healthcare Already Taking Center Stage in 2020 Democratic Primary Race Healthcare Already Taking Center Stage in 2020 Democratic Primary Race
While many issues are likely to play a prominent roles in this campaign, healthcare is likely to play an outsized role.
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Read more: Repayment for Training as an Optimal Solution to Medical Brain Drain Repayment for Training as an Optimal Solution to Medical Brain Drain
By Mark Satta In an earlier post I offered two arguments for why wealthy nations have a moral obligation to address medical professional brain drain from resource-scarce developing nations. But once one acknowledges that wealthy nations have this obligation, a question remains as to what the best way to fulfill that obligation is. Some have…
