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Jennifer Kent, Former Director of the California Dept. of Health Care Services, Discusses California's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (June 2nd)
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Since the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic remains, as the The New England Journal of Medicine termed last week, laco…
6 years ago
The Sabin Center's Michael Burger Discusses the Administration's Dismantling of Environmental Protections (May 29th)
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It should go without saying that we interact with the environment constantly. It should also go without saying a degraded environment com…
6 years ago
Interviewer as Interviewee: David Introcaso Answers Listeners' Questions (May 27th) (Part I)
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Since I've received and answered questions via email concerning podcast interviews and related health care policy questions over the past e…
6 years ago
Howard Friedman Discusses His Recently Published Book, "Ultimate Price, The Value We Place on Life" (May 12th)
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Considering how the COVID-19 pandemic has been addressed by federal policy makers, e.g., the US, with 4.25% of the world's population, acco…
6 years, 1 month ago
Krista Drobac Discusses Sweeping Changes in Federal Telehealth Policy In Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 27th)
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Listeners may be aware that up until recently the Medicare program strictly limited provider use of telehealth services via originating sit…
6 years, 1 month ago
200th Podcast Interview: Dr. Rishi Desai Discusses the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 13th)
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Now, exactly one month after President Trump declared a national emergency, the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has …
6 years, 1 month ago
Daniel Dawes Discusses His Just-Published, "The Political Determinants of Health" (March 25th)
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It is altogether appropriate to discuss the political determinants of health since this past Monday we marked the ten year anniversary of t…
6 years, 2 months ago
Dr. Dan Blazer Discusses the National Academy of Sciences Just-Published, "Social Isolation and Loneliness in Adults: Opportunities for the Health Care System" (March 24th)
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Increasing social isolation and loneliness have been recognized for several decades. The issues was the topic of Harvard’s Robert Putnam’s…
6 years, 2 months ago
CBPP's Dr. Joseph Llobrera Discusses the Administration's Proposed Cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (March 10th)
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Despite the fact the US is a net food exporter, the country suffers a significant food security problem (defined as uncertain of having or …
6 years, 2 months ago
Archway Health's Keely Macmillan Discusses Medicare Bundled Payment Performance (February 19th)
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CMS' efforts, via the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), to develop episode-based bundled payment models in Medicare is …
6 years, 3 months ago