Tag: Benjamin Sommers
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Nation & World
Dust is starting to settle after election, yet the way forward is unclear
The Gazette turns once again to scholars and analysts across in the University to get their views of what happened and what comes next.
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Nation & World
After a hard election, the real work begins
Harvard University scholars, analysts, and affiliates take a look at what the election tells us about the prospects for greater unity and progress, and offer suggestions and predictions about where the new administration will, and should, go.
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Nation & World
A fraught season for health care
With Election Day approaching and the coronavirus pandemic surging, Benjamin Sommers discusses how shifting political winds might affect health care.
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Health
Ahead for health care, a likely mixed bag
The repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate will likely mean that some healthier and higher-income people leave the rolls of the insured, but it won’t mean the law’s doom, says Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Associate Professor Benjamin Sommers. Still, the dilution and unenthusiastic administration of the law likely means the…
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Health
Inequality runs deeper than health law
The Affordable Care Act has narrowed health disparities along class and race lines, but not nearly as much as needed.
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Health
Expanding Medicaid to low-income adults
A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) finds that expanding Medicaid to low-income adults leads to widespread gains in coverage, increased access to care, and — most importantly — improved health and reduced mortality.