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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
TODAY ON THE BLOG
COSTS & SPENDING

Congressional Budget Office Scores Medicare-For-All: Universal Coverage For Less Spending
By Adam Gaffney, David Himmelstein, and Steffie Woolhandler

We discuss the CBO’s estimates of single-payer’s overall effects on national health spending, the implications of the estimates for providers, and the concerns the analysts raise about worsened “provider congestion” under a single-payer health care system. Read More >>


PUBLIC HEALTH

How To Become The Public Health President
By Tom Frieden

We can improve both health and the efficiency of our health system if we take three transformative steps. Read More >>


COVID-19

Assessing The Legality Of Mandates For Vaccines Authorized Via An Emergency Use Authorization
By Efthimios Parasidis and Aaron S. Kesselheim

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued two Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for COVID-19 vaccines, and may soon issue a third. Discussion of vaccine mandates is plentiful, including the potential for state-issued orders and private directives from employers and other nongovernmental entities. What remains unclear is the legality of mandates for EUA vaccines. Read More >>
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IN THE JOURNAL

LEADING TO HEALTH: HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION

American Indians’ Growing Presence In The Health Professions
By Sarah Kwon

Sarah Kwon reports on how the University of North Dakota’s comprehensive approach aims to boost American Indian representation in medicine and public health. Read about the efforts behind the country’s first Ph.D. program in Indigenous health and what more American Indian physicians means for the health care system at large. Read More >>
HEALTH AFFAIRS PODCAST


Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Donald Warne, a professor and director of the Indians Into Medicine program at the University of North Dakota, on increasing the number of American Indian physicians and improving health care access for Indigenous populations.
A Health Podyssey

ELEVATING VOICES: Black History Month
COVID-19 has exposed and worsened many racial and ethnic health disparities. However, now that these issues are more visible than ever there is a chance for health equity to be fought for by health providers. Using critical race theory, Michelle Morse and coauthors present and explain this message of progress.
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