Anand Parekh, chief medical advisor for the Bipartisan Policy Center, explores how community health centers have been successfully fighting the Covid-19 pandemic in underserved communities.
Category: Policy
ACLU Sues Mississippi To Make Absentee Voting More Accessible During Pandemic
Despite Trump’s protests against mail-in voting, many states have temporarily adjusted their absentee voting rules.
Dow Jumps 350 Points After Trump Signs Executive Orders To Extend Coronavirus Relief
The S&P is now just over 1% away from setting a new record high.
Trump Calls for Making Permanent Cuts to Both the Medicare and Social Security Payroll Taxes
Trumps wants to make permanent cuts to the Medicare and Social Security payroll taxes. But, both the Medicare and Social Security trust funds are running out of money. That is projected by the Congressional Budget Office to happen for Medicare in 2025 …
COVID-19 adds a new health care gap: internet disparity
Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) targets older ethnic and racial minorities with lethal precision, establishing irrefutable evidence that inequality kills. Nearly one-third of those who have died from COVID are Black, while Blacks represent about 14% of th…
As Stimulus Talks Stalemate, New Report Finds 40 Million Americans Could Be At Risk Of Eviction
If a new coronavirus recovery package isn’t passed, up to 43% of renter households are at risk.
That’s a Fine Fiscal Mess They’ve Gotten Us Into–Fiscal Irresponsibility Hard Hearted Republicans
We are about to wake up to a massive debt that will come due and ultimately have to be financed with real interest rates and a main street economy now in tatters while Republicans are quibbling about paying a few party boys and girls too much in unempl…
Health care, we have a problem
“I live and die by waveforms and not just a snippet. I need to see the entire waveform and what led to an event to determine an intervention or root cause.” The intensive care specialist told me this with desperation in his voice. He’s the one who has…
Biden Supports Free Coronavirus Tests And Vaccines For Undocumented Immigrants
‘It’s in the interest of everyone, that everyone be taken care of,’ said Biden.
Physicians of America, unite! You don’t have to work for hospitals.
A recent report by Merritt Hawkins, the physician recruiting firm, includes two key revelations about the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on physicians: Merritt Hawkins’ searches on behalf of prospective employers have dropped by 30 percent since March 3…
