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Category: Special Topics
Policy Brief: Gun Violence
Download our Gun Violence brief & learn about 3 policies that you can support right now that will save lives.
Freedom to Choose what is Best
About half of pregnancies in the world are unplanned. In the United States, that trend is declining. However, unintended pregnancies are still common among women who are black, Hispanic, and poor. Women spend much of their lives avoiding pregnancy. Long-acting reversible contraceptive Continue Reading …
Keeping it in the Community
In order to address rising costs and improve quality of care, federal and state health policy continues to shift away from traditional fee-for-service to value-based payment methods. This shift towards reimbursing based on health outcomes incentivizes health systems to focus Continue Reading …
The Unintended Consequences of Saving Lives
A half-century ago, as football players traded leather caps for helmets, the number of football-related deaths and intracranial hemorrhages declined significantly. However, players began to play more aggressively with this newfound protection, leading to a 5-fold increase in spine fracture-dislocations, Continue Reading …
Seize the Day: Expand Medicaid
Infant mortality is a common metric for grading healthcare systems internationally. By that standard, the United States is far from the top of the class, with an abnormally high infant mortality rate for its level of development. While there are Continue Reading …
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