Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Our work in Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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How the Cares Act Affects COVID-19 Test Pricing
How will the CARES Act impact COVID-19 test pricing? One of our Schaeffer Initiative experts suggests a change to require insurers to pay for testing at Medicare prices and prohibit balance billing patients.
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A Health Care Draft Could Help Unemployment and Front Line Burden in Response to COVID-19
The U.S. should implement a short-course certified nurse assistant program to add health care workers to the frontlines and employ people who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis.
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Why Only Test Symptomatic Patients? Consider Random Screening for COVID-19
Primarily testing symptomatic patients could become a much more valuable strategy if a treatment is developed in the coming months.
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Schaeffer Center Fellow Tapped for California COVID-19 Task Force
Schaeffer Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Bob Kocher will join the public-private effort, which is aiming for record-level testing across the state.
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The ‘Certified Recovered’ From COVID-19 Could Lead the Economic Recovery
Individuals verified as “certified recovered” from COVID-19 could help jumpstart the economy by working in health care, transportation, retail and more.
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Has Sweden Found the Right Solution to the Coronavirus?
Unlike other countries, it has so far avoided both isolation and economic ruin.
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A Compelling Story: Some Coronavirus Curves Are Starting to Flatten
Data from recent days point to encouraging results as a result of statewide stay at home orders. Researchers examined deaths and caseloads for California and New York.
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Individuals with Low Incomes, Less Education Report Higher Perceived Financial, Health Threats from COVID-19
Currently, social distancing and work-related avoidance behaviors are being practiced by many, but those with PhDs are practicing the greatest number of both.
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COVID-19 Policy Must Take All Impacts into Account
Human health is obviously crucial, but epidemiological models should not ignore economic and ethical considerations.
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COVID-19 by Country
Joel Hay led the development of a COVID-19 econometric model with country-specific logistic growth curves as functions of time from Day Zero (when the cumulative number of reported cases surpasses 100).
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