Will this be the end of fee-for-service? How should we price a COVID vaccine? Bapu Jena and Sayeh Nikpay answer audience questions about the pandemic.
Public Health
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Taking the Pulse of Insurers
Insurers have been on strong financial footing during the pandemic while doctors, hospitals and consumers have not been as lucky.
Posted inInsurance
Core To Who I Am
We look at the fight to secure health care protections for transgender Americans and the impact they’ve had on helping people get care they need.
Posted inPublic Health
Leaving the WHO
President Trump says the U.S. is leaving the World Health Organization. What it might mean for public health in the U.S. and the world.
Posted inPublic Health
Research Corner: Masks, Flint and Primary Care
Physician and economist Bapu Jena discusses a pair of interesting new health policy research papers with implications for COVID-19, primary care and more.
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Navigating Risk
With COVID-19 cases surging across the nation, how can Americans fight their coronavirus fatigue while staying safe?
Posted inWorkforce
Dealing with DACA and COVID
What the Supreme Court’s decision protecting DACA means to one recipient caring for those most vulnerable to COVID-19.
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Prognosis: Understanding Silent Spreaders
Bloomberg senior editor Jason Gale digs into what we know — and don’t know — about asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19, also known as “silent spreaders.”
Posted inHealth Equity
Hard to Reach
New data suggest undocumented immigrants aren’t being tested enough for COVID-19. What’s standing in the way, and what’s being done to address it?
Posted inHealth Technology
California Dreamin’
Early on, California was conducting just 2,000 coronavirus tests a day. Now the state is up to 60,000. How did they ramp up testing?