Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Why pay more?
The United States spends more on physician services than other countries. New research suggests that consumers pay a premium for US physicians. So are US doctors the Coca-Cola and Louis Vuitton of the health care world? Why does health care Continue Reading …
The Public’s Health
Given the rate of increasing health care costs across the country, our finite amount of health care resources will be depleted over time if spending increases continue unchecked. Funding for preventative public health programming should be increased to potentially decrease the future costs associated with treatment of these preventable causes. Continue Reading …
The Primary Care Workforce
“The rediscovery or remaking of primary care is recognized by most analysts as an essential part of a United States health care system that lowers costs, improves quality, and expands access.” The authors of the present Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Continue Reading …
Another peculiar institution
Tobacco cultivation dates back to Native American society, yet it did not become an American cash crop until a strong labor force arrived on slave ships in 1619. Tobacco remains a legal recreational drug despite evidence of its harms. Continue Reading …
Beyond the Individual Mandate
There are of using an individual mandate for health insurance as a policy lever to promote universal health care in the United States. From a pure policy standpoint, the argument FOR is simple. In order to get rid of “free Continue Reading …
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