Health Justice: Love, Freedom Dreaming, and Power Building
Every person should be treated as someone who is deeply loved, whose life is valued, and whose maximally healthy presence in the world is invaluable.
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Read more: Why Our Health Care Is Incomplete: Review of “Exposed” (Part II) Why Our Health Care Is Incomplete: Review of “Exposed” (Part II)
By: Daniel Aaron Just last month, Professor Christopher T. Robertson, at the University of Arizona College of Law, released his new book about health care, entitled Exposed: Why Our Health Insurance Is Incomplete and What Can Be Done About It. Part II of this book review offers an analytical discussion of “cost exposure,” the main…
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Read more: Why Our Health Care Is Incomplete: Review of “Exposed” (Part I) Why Our Health Care Is Incomplete: Review of “Exposed” (Part I)
By Daniel Aaron Just last month, Professor Christopher T. Robertson, at the University of Arizona College of Law, released his new book about health care, entitled Exposed: Why Our Health Insurance Is Incomplete and What Can Be Done About It. This book review will offer an analytical discussion of “cost exposure,” the main subject of…
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Read more: Promoting Health, Not Just Health Care Promoting Health, Not Just Health Care
By David Orentlicher Once again this past Thursday, the Democratic presidential candidate debate began on the topic of health care reform, and moderator George Stephanopoulos quickly steered the discussion to what he termed “the heart” of the debate. Should the United States increase access to care by building on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or…
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Read more: Ebola: A Problem of Poverty Rather than Health Ebola: A Problem of Poverty Rather than Health
By David Orentlicher[Cross-posted at Health Law Profs and PrawfsBlawg.] Undoubtedly, the death toll in West Africa would be much lower if Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone had better health care systems or if an Ebola vaccine had been developed already. But as Fran Quigley has observed, Ebola is much more a problem of poverty than of health. Ebola…
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Read more: Harvard Effective Altruism: an event today, Michael Kremer on Sept. 10, and a fellowship opportunity Harvard Effective Altruism: an event today, Michael Kremer on Sept. 10, and a fellowship opportunity
A message from Harvard Effective Altruism: On Saturday, Sept. 6 at 3pm in Sever 111, we are holding a giving game / donation discussion and an information session for Harvard students interested in our organization. We’ll explain what effective altruism is and what HCEA does here on campus. If you’re new to HCEA, you should…