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Fixing Racial Health Disparities : Democracy Journal

WebPerhaps the starkest reality of this pandemic is the extent of the racial health disparities it has exposed. As of early August, the number of Black lives lost to COVID …

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How the Law Harms Public Health : Democracy Journal

WebOur employment laws frequently aim to protect employers against the “moral hazard” of workers “free riding” off of their largesse. But moral hazard is a risk for …

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The Vital Role of Medicaid in American Health Care

WebFor decades, Medicaid has been a vital part of U.S. health care, and it will soon become an even more important foundation for millions of families. A Growing and …

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The Pandemic’s Mental Health Crisis : Democracy Journal

WebThe fight against COVID-19 has brought the world together to address the major public health challenge of our time—containing the spread of a deadly virus. …

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Insulin Should Be Free. Yes, Free. : Democracy Journal

WebNothing is free. But by eliminating markups in the distribution chain and lowering the price it paid for insulin, the pool authority would be able to substantially lower the total payments …

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What’s Next for American Democracy

WebAmerican democracy faces ongoing challenges that citizens of good will must understand and be prepared to address. Despite persisting through an attempted insurrection on …

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Health-Care Reform, 2015 : Democracy Journal

WebThe political battle over health reform did not end on the night of March 21, when the House of Representatives passed the Senate bill. It simply entered a new phase, going from …

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Our Health Care Tug-of-War : Democracy Journal

WebThat’s the trouble with real health-care reform in our Byzantine system: Balancing one set of incentives often destabilizes the incentives somewhere else. It’s a game of tug-of-war, …

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The “More What, Less How” Government : Democracy Journal

WebWhen a market is left to itself, what ensues is a race to the bottom. The government’s job is to set in motion races to the top. To equip every citizen with the greatest possible …

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Time to Fight Health-Care Monopolization : Democracy Journal

WebMoreover, this rate of hospital consolidation in health care is accelerating rapidly. Just the first three months of this year saw 26 major merger and acquisition deals, including the …

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Democracy Journal: Arguments: The Prison Boom and the …

WebNot long ago, accounts of homeless people in America focused on single white men, who indeed made up the majority of those without a sure place to live. A skid row lifestyle, …

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COVID: The Urgency of Social Justice : Democracy Journal

WebT he COVID-19 pandemic is a historic public health disaster that has occupied the attention of individuals and communities across the globe for over two years. The level of …

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A Hundred Years Later, the Fight Continues : Democracy Journal

WebAlmost a hundred years ago today, on October 16, 1916, in an immigrant neighborhood, they opened the first clinic in the United States that would offer …

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Single Payer Is Not a Principle : Democracy Journal

WebCanada’s path to single payer began in the provinces, with Saskatchewan’s enactment of a universal government medical care plan in the early 1960s that later went nationwide. …

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The Framers’ Constitution : Democracy Journal

WebFirst, at the very core of the Framers’ Constitution is the recognition that, in a self-governing society, courts must generally defer to the preferences of the majority. Although courts …

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Single Payer: The Single Path : Democracy Journal

WebTo fully realize the advantages of universal Medicare, we would have to convert to a non-profit provider system, as outlined by Adam Gaffney and colleagues last year in the …

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'The U.S. Government Has to Take Back Control'

WebVoices of the Virus ‘The U.S. Government Has to Take Back Control’ Public Citizen’s Zain Rizvi tells Democracy how we let a handful of pharmaceutical companies …

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Democracy in a Time of Coronavirus : Democracy Journal

WebA Broken Social Contract. When the new coronavirus arrived in the United States in January 2020, it hit an economy, society, and constitutional democracy fundamentally …

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Bidenomics, Storytelling, and Community : Democracy Journal

WebJoe Biden’s June 28 Chicago speech on Bidenomics was a bold step forward in framing the economic debate. It is undeniably a gamble, as voters—especially working …

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Sunny Dazed : Democracy Journal

WebGiven the environmental movement’s recent vitality–Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize is only the latest sign of robust health–Gregg Easterbrook, in his review of Michael Shellenberger …

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HIPAA 2.0: Doctors in the Digital Age : Democracy Journal

WebHIPAA 2.0: Doctors in the Digital Age. Digital innovation can revolutionize health care—but we need the policies that will allow it to do so. The latest in our series “Our Digital …

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A Fickle Nanny State : Democracy Journal

WebArguments A Fickle Nanny State. Progressives have been guilty of letting our temperament rather than our reason guide policies toward vices; bans on activities like …

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