The coverage on Obamacare’s exchanges is too costly and of poor quality. Opening the exchanges for three more months won’t bring premiums down, reduce deductibles, or make the plans’ provider networks more robust.
Category: Policy
Why teachers aren’t going back to school: a physician’s take
All across the United States, elementary and secondary school teachers are refusing to go back to school. Before you join the growing lynch mob that’s going after these teachers, you may want to consider why they’re staying home. For starters, many sch…
With poverty rates now highest in 50 years, America needs a poverty czar
According to a newly released study, by the end of 2020, the United States experienced its sharpest rise in poverty rates in 50 years, leaving eight million more people nationwide in a state of poverty. As we usher in a new Congressional session, perh…
U.K. Hit By Worst Economic Contraction On Record Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
Limited growth in the final quarter of 2020 staved off a possible double-dip recession.
Gun and health care workplace violence: Dr. Lindley Dodson’s tragic death
As a pediatric emergency physician in Chicago, I am no stranger to the effects of gun violence in our patient population and society. But what do we do when gun violence is turned on our own community as physicians? Recently a beloved pediatrician in …
South Africa Abandons Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine In Favor Of Unapproved Johnson & Johnson Shot
The significant policy change is based on a small study that has not undergone peer review and did not evaluate the vaccine’s protection against severe disease, a key metric of success.
Voting and vaccination are 2 sides of the same coin
In the past year, the United States has faced compounding challenges as it struggled to control the COVID-19 pandemic and grappled with significant civil unrest. The American pandemic response has been primarily determined by the guidance—or lack there…
Why health care fails to deliver better value in patient care
There is a strong push for health care to move towards greater value-based care (VBC) arrangements. The prospect of VBC holds the opportunity to re-create partnerships designed to increase health care sustainability by strategically improving processes…
South Africa Halts AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine After Study Shows ‘Minimal Protection’ Against Local Variant
The study did not evaluate the shot’s effect on preventing severe illness, a key measure of success.
Policy Experts Propose A Bipartisan Path To Covid-19 Pandemic Relief, After Divided Senate Vote
Dr. Anand Parekh, chief medical advisor for the Bipartisan Policy Center, argues that bipartisan political and public health leadership are key to managing the pandemic and moving the country forward.
