Author Frequently asked questions. 528 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 17 18 19 20 21 … 53 Older Racism and sickle cell disease September 3, 2020 By Alexandra Power-Hays, M.D. and Patrick T. McGann, M.D. The New England Journal of Medicine, September 1, 2020 The merciless killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and the more recent shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey have catalyzed the most widespread protests in American history, calling not […] Quote of the Day Why are the British so far ahead of us in Covid-19 research? September 2, 2020 The U.S. could learn a lot from Britain. By Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Cathy Zhang and Amaya Diana The New York Times, September 1, 2020 Americans and American biomedical researchers have often prided themselves on conducting the best clinical research in the world. Yet with over six million coronavirus cases and 183,000 deaths, the United States […] Quote of the Day Non-pharmaceutical interventions were less effective in reducing mortality in Republican counties September 1, 2020 By Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Neeraj Kaushal, Ashley N. Muchow National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2020 Abstract Using county-level data on COVID-19 mortality and infections, along with county-level information on the adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in the United States, we examine how the speed of NPI adoption affected COVID-19 mortality. Our estimates suggest that advancing […] Quote of the Day Emergency health care coverage for Covid-19 falls short of promise August 31, 2020 Some patients are still receiving staggering bills. Others don’t qualify because conditions other than Covid-19 were their primary diagnosis. By Abby Goodnough The New York Times, August 29, 2020 A program Mr. Trump announced this spring… “should alleviate any concern uninsured Americans may have about seeking the coronavirus treatment,” Mr. Trump said in April about […] Quote of the Day Factors associated with racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 August 28, 2020 By Jose F. Figueroa, Rishi K. Wadhera, Dennis Lee, Robert W. Yeh, and Benjamin D. Sommers Health Affairs, August 27, 2020 (published ahead of print) Abstract Massachusetts has one of the highest cumulative incidence rates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the US. Understanding which specific demographic, economic, and occupational factors have contributed to […] Quote of the Day EPI update on health insurance losses and policy recommendations August 27, 2020 What we know so far about health insurance losses and what it means for policy By Josh Bivens and Ben Zipperer Economic Policy Institute, August 26, 2020 Although the gold-standard data sources tracking changes in health insurance coverage will not be available until next year, imperfect but available data on job churn and net employment […] Quote of the Day About keeping that great union insurance… August 26, 2020 Changes to the guild’s cash-strapped health plan could force thousands of seniors off their coverage in the middle of a pandemic. By Jeremy Fuster Portside, LABOR, August 25, 2020 As a result of pandemic-fueled financial troubles, SAG-AFTRA on August 12 announced significant raises to premiums and minimum earnings requirements that it says are necessary to […] Quote of the Day Private equity acquisition in health care – a blunderbuss August 25, 2020 By Joseph D. Bruch, B.A.; Suhas Gondi, B.A.; Zirui Song, M.D., Ph.D. JAMA Internal Medicine, August 24, 2020 From the Introduction Private equity investment in health care has markedly increased in recent years. The total disclosed value of private equity deals in health care reached $78.9 billion in 2019, up from $23.1 billion in 2015. […] Quote of the Day Partisan differences in acceptability of coronavirus deaths August 24, 2020 By William Cummings USA TODAY, August 23, 2020 Americans view the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and the effectiveness of the government’s response through a very partisan lens, a CBS News/YouGov poll released Sunday found. More than 176,000 people in the U.S. have died from COVID-19. According to the poll, a 57% majority of registered […] Quote of the Day Choice and competition in the insurance marketplace is not an effective alternative to single payer August 21, 2020 By Brian J. Miller Robert E. Moffit Health Affairs Blog, August 20, 2020 The renewed national health care debate represents a conflict of visions of how to create better value: government central planning versus patient-centered, consumer-driven competition. Market-driven approaches based upon defined-contribution financing (premium support), the states as insurance laboratories, and addressing the employer-sponsored insurance […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 17 18 19 20 21 … 53 Older
