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Ten Actions For Better Post-Pandemic Healthcare In The United States
What changes should be made now to the U.S. healthcare system to make it better when things return to a new normal, and, in the event of future pandemics.
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5 COVID-19 Myths
Joyce writes that the purveyors of these myths, including politicians who have been soft peddling the impact of the coronavirus, aren’t doing the country any favors.
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Supply Chain Failures Amid Covid‐19 Signal a New Pillar for Global Health Preparedness
We have come to realize we have to give the healthcare supply chain our full and immediate attention.
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Group Testing for Coronavirus – Called Pooled Testing – Could Be the Fastest and Cheapest Way to Increase Screening Nationwide
Screening multiple samples with a single test gets more people diagnosed using fewer supplies. Darius Lakdawalla and Erin Trish explain how it works and how it could help the U.S.
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Measures and Models for Longevity and Aging: The Burden of Mortality from COVID-19
Ho suggests that researchers need to recognize the strengths and limitations of data produced from life expectancy models in the short-term, and also appreciate the crucial role such models will play in understanding the evolution of population health in the long term.
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Preparing For The Next COVID-19 Crisis: A Strategy To Save Safety-Net Hospitals
The authors warn against impending waves of morbidity from hospital closures and propose a comprehensive plan to protect vulnerable safety-net facilities.
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In the Era of COVID-19, States Need Practical Solutions to Address Health Care Costs
Recent analyses by multiple think tanks indicate that tens of millions of Americans could lose their employer-sponsored health coverage.
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Global Budgets Offer Financial Cushion Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
Maryland’s unique payment system has helped bolster healthcare providers in the state. As revenue from elective care dried up, global budgets helped protect facilities by providing a continuous flow of funding.
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To Get Congress and the Economy Back to Work, Jump in the Testing Pool
Congress can help Americans fight COVID-19 by identifying its infected members and helping itself stay on the job. It’s time for a bipartisan leap into the testing pool.
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Early Detection: A New Front in the War on Cancer
Blood tests that find malignancies before they spread couldtransform our approach to treatment, Goldman wrote in Scientific American.
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