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'The U.S. Government Has to Take Back Control'

WebVoices of the Virus ‘The U.S. Government Has to Take Back Control’ Public Citizen’s Zain Rizvi tells Democracy how we let a handful of pharmaceutical companies …

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How the Law Harms Public Health : Democracy Journal

WebOur employment laws frequently aim to protect employers against the “moral hazard” of workers “free riding” off of their largesse. But moral hazard is a risk for …

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Fixing Racial Health Disparities : Democracy Journal

WebPerhaps the starkest reality of this pandemic is the extent of the racial health disparities it has exposed. As of early August, the number of Black lives lost to COVID …

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The Pandemic’s Mental Health Crisis : Democracy Journal

WebThe fight against COVID-19 has brought the world together to address the major public health challenge of our time—containing the spread of a deadly virus. …

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The Vital Role of Medicaid in American Health Care

WebFor decades, Medicaid has been a vital part of U.S. health care, and it will soon become an even more important foundation for millions of families. A Growing and …

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The ‘South’s First Office of Health Equity’ : Democracy Journal

WebVoices of the Virus The ‘South’s First Office of Health Equity’ What it’s like to direct a poor Southern state through the eye of the COVID-19 storm, according to the …

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We Need a Public Health Revolution : Democracy Journal

WebRight now, states and localities spend an estimated $100 billion on public health and related services every year, about $300 for every American. Let’s suppose …

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Health-Care Reform, 2015 : Democracy Journal

WebThe political battle over health reform did not end on the night of March 21, when the House of Representatives passed the Senate bill. It simply entered a new phase, going from …

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COVID: The Urgency of Social Justice : Democracy Journal

WebT he COVID-19 pandemic is a historic public health disaster that has occupied the attention of individuals and communities across the globe for over two years. The level of …

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Demanding a Care Economy : Democracy Journal

WebThe child care and long-term care sectors have collectively lost hundreds of thousands of workers over the course of the pandemic, due to low pay and the hazards of the jobs. …

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Insulin Should Be Free. Yes, Free. : Democracy Journal

WebNothing is free. But by eliminating markups in the distribution chain and lowering the price it paid for insulin, the pool authority would be able to substantially lower the total payments …

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Our Health Care Tug-of-War : Democracy Journal

WebSteven Brill makes some keen points about what works—and what doesn’t—in our health care system. He’s not so good on what will fix it. America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, …

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Time to Fight Health-Care Monopolization : Democracy Journal

WebMoreover, this rate of hospital consolidation in health care is accelerating rapidly. Just the first three months of this year saw 26 major merger and acquisition deals, including the …

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Single Payer Is Not a Principle : Democracy Journal

WebCanada’s path to single payer began in the provinces, with Saskatchewan’s enactment of a universal government medical care plan in the early 1960s that later went nationwide. …

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HIPAA 2.0: Doctors in the Digital Age : Democracy Journal

WebHIPAA 2.0: Doctors in the Digital Age. Digital innovation can revolutionize health care—but we need the policies that will allow it to do so. The latest in our series “Our Digital …

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Improve and Repair: Three Ideas to Strengthen the ACA

WebHere are three simple ways the law could readily be improved: 1.) Allow employed parents greater access to the new marketplaces, and allow employers greater flexibility to …

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Our Health Care Is ‘Market Chaos’ : Democracy Journal

WebHe wrote in the 1970s, in the medical journal Lancet, about something called the “inverse care law.”. He said the inverse care law basically means that the places that …

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The Myth of the Middle : Democracy Journal

WebThe American political system has evolved several mechanisms to protect its own dysfunction. One of them is fantasy. Like a spouse who manages to remain …

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A Hundred Years Later, the Fight Continues : Democracy Journal

WebAlmost a hundred years ago today, on October 16, 1916, in an immigrant neighborhood, they opened the first clinic in the United States that would offer …

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A Fickle Nanny State : Democracy Journal

WebArguments A Fickle Nanny State. Progressives have been guilty of letting our temperament rather than our reason guide policies toward vices; bans on activities like …

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Sunny Dazed : Democracy Journal

WebGiven the environmental movement’s recent vitality–Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize is only the latest sign of robust health–Gregg Easterbrook, in his review of Michael Shellenberger …

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Democracy in a Time of Coronavirus : Democracy Journal

WebA Broken Social Contract. When the new coronavirus arrived in the United States in January 2020, it hit an economy, society, and constitutional democracy fundamentally …

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