Would reforming healthcare strengthen U.S. global power? A new RAND Corporation analysis of great powers in history provides clues that it might. This blog has warned that uncontrolled healthcare spending is squeezing public and private budgets, incurring wasted-opportunity costs, cutting into military spending, and increasing the national debt. These financial strains on our economy and defense … Continue reading Healthcare Reform & the Strength of Nations
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Systemic Racism & Healthcare Reform
“Slavery has produced a legacy of racism, injustice, and brutality that runs from 1619 to the present, and that legacy infects medicine as it does all social institutions… Now, amid an acute public health crisis that is transforming medicine, perhaps we have an opportunity to reset our priorities to face this deeper, more chronic crisis … Continue reading Systemic Racism & Healthcare Reform
Healthcare Reform: Are Insurance Companies and Drug Companies the Culprits?
“We are at the mercy of the private insurance and pharmaceutical companies, whose greed dictates the cost of healthcare,” railed Democrat Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders in a recent campaign blurb. Are insurance and drug companies really the ones to blame for our healthcare problem – unsustainable costs and millions without access? If so, are … Continue reading Healthcare Reform: Are Insurance Companies and Drug Companies the Culprits?
Fixing U.S. Healthcare Blog – One-Year Appraisal & Summary
Fixing U.S. Healthcare blog reached its one-year anniversary last month. That’s a good time to take stock. And it’s a good time to summarize this blog’s message - that U.S. healthcare spending far outpaces spending in other comparable OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development) countries, as shown in the masthead graphic, above, and needs to … Continue reading Fixing U.S. Healthcare Blog – One-Year Appraisal & Summary
What If U.S. Healthcare CAN’T Be Fixed?
What if Americans are too divided to reach any common ground? Or what if healthcare has become so rigged and so enmeshed that it can’t be untangled? Or what if vested interests have become so powerful that they can’t be overcome? Not so fast, claims the Beyond Intractability project championed by Heidi and Guy Burgess based … Continue reading What If U.S. Healthcare CAN’T Be Fixed?
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