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Tag: Health Care Reform
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Should Medicare for All be Democrats’ top priority?
Health care experts discussed whether revolutionary change to a single-payer national health insurance plan or more incremental change from tweaking the ACA is preferable should Democrats pick up power in November.
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States hold the power on health care, experts say
A Harvard Chan School forum discussed the stakes for U.S. health care in the midterm elections, including the prospect of Medicaid expansion.
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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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Researchers work to fill gaps in Chinese health care
Harvard researchers are collaborating with government officials in China on an experiment aimed at improving quality of care at hospitals in some of the country’s poorer regions.
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Another turning point for Obamacare
Panelists at the Harvard Chan School weighed the possible implications of the latest Supreme Court challenge to the Affordable Care Act.
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Other unknowns in health care rollout
Politics and change are the only sure things ahead in the continued implementation of the Affordable Care Act, according to a panel of experts at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Catching up on health care
John McDonough of HSPH talks about the rollout of health insurance exchanges as part of the Affordable Care Act.
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Linking health policy to people
Maia Fedyszyn, who is receiving a master’s of science in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health, has a passion for health policy to improve the lot of everyday people.
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Making lung cancer pricey
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius talked tobacco taxes and health care reform Monday during an appearance at the Forum at Harvard School of Public Health.
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Cutting costs, buoying health care
A Harvard Medical School lecturer and former head of the federal agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid shared his experiences pushing for improved health care quality, saying that teamwork, cost curtailment, and a focus on patients are keys to success.
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Green light for Obamacare
Health care specialists discussed post-election Obamacare, including potential bumps in the road, in a panel talk at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Balky states likely to join Medicaid expansion
Experts speaking at The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health discussed the health care reform law Friday, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld most of its core but struck down drastic penalties for states that don’t participate in a major expansion of Medicaid.
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Win for Obama, but no let-up in debate
The U.S. Supreme Court decision on Thursday upholding the basis of national health care reform is far from the last word on the topic, Harvard faculty members said, and merely raises the curtain on act two: November’s general election.
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Q&A on health care reform
Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe offers his analysis of this week’s hearings before the Supreme Court on mandatory coverage.
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Health reform in the crosshairs
With health care costs set to gobble up more of the federal budget, analysts say that additional reforms are inevitable, though national indecision over what they should look like could mean a rocky path ahead.
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Improving health care in China, U.S.
Health officials from China and the United States gathered at Harvard Medical School to examine common challenges and solutions as the two global giants seek to reform national health care systems to improve access and care, while lowering costs.
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Health reform may require a crisis
ABC’s medical editor Timothy Johnson, M.P.H. ’76, predicted sweeping changes to the nation’s health care system, but not before a budget calamity caused by rising health care costs forces politicians’ hands.
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Diagnosis on state health care
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick defended Massachusetts’ health care reforms, saying during an appearance at The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health that they’ve successfully extended coverage to 98 percent of state residents.
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A constitutional question
A panel of legal scholars examined whether health care reform is constitutional during a panel at Harvard Law School.
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Peering into the crystal ball
Students at Harvard Kennedy School try their hands at political forecasting for the upcoming midterm elections.
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Money not cure-all for health care
Analysts from around the world gathered at Harvard Business School for a think tank on health care reform.
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Understanding health care reform
With the debate on health care reform slowing after its passage, media outlets now turn to explaining how the massive legislation will be implemented.
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HBS’s Herzlinger on health care
Podcast interview on health care reform with Regina Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
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Doubts about health care reform
A group of Harvard scholars and visiting health care experts offers a pessimistic view of health care reform at a Harvard Medical School symposium.
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Pelosi touts health care bill
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi spoke at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on the passage of the health care bill by her side of Congress.
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In praise of public service
Even while extolling the virtues of public service, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick focused on the pitfalls of public life during remarks in an Oct. 22 Harvard Kennedy School forum on “Inspiring Public Service.”
