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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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Commentary on “Health Spending Under Single-Payer Approaches”
The director of the USC-Brooking Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy explains that cost savings under single payer plans would not be as large as they might seem.
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What If We Gave Hospitals Real Incentives To Prepare For The Next Pandemic?
COVID-19 makes it clear that many hospitals are not adequately prepared to handle pandemics. Kocher writes that we need to rethink the way we incentivize hospitals to handle pandemic response.
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States Are Being Crushed by the Coronavirus. Only This Can Help.
In an op-ed for The New York Times, Fiedler argues Congress must step in and offer quick and generous aid to states before they must slash services and drag down the economy.
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Where Is Big Data When We Need It Most?
Electronic health records — which doctors and hospitals have been collecting for a decade — could powerfully and precisely guide the pandemic response.
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Older Adults Living Alone Report Higher Rates of Anxiety and Depression
One-quarter of older adults live alone – more than in any other country. Social and physical restrictions may pose particular challenges for these individuals.
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