The US has been trying to reform its complicated health care system since 1993. In 2020, it continues to be one of the biggest and most complicated issues of the presidential campaign.
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As drug prices soar, consumers look for cheaper generics. A recent study showed safety issues in some generics made abroad, however, suggesting that the FDA’s honor system may not be enough to ensure safety.
A project involving tens of millions of patient records poses ethical issues, even though patients could ultimately gain. Here’s why privacy concerns are a hurdle.
Health care, immigration and trade have been hot topics during the campaign and are likely to come up during the fifth Democratic debate.
Nearly 160 million Americans get insurance through employers, but that does not mean it’s good social policy. An economist explains some aspects of employer-sponsored insurance that don’t work well.
Presidential candidates have been proposing plans to expand health coverage, lower prescription drug costs and make hospital bills more transparent. But few get to the real problem. Here’s why.
The president should use his penchant for shaking up the status quo to tackle the genuine crisis in health care.
GOP lawmakers say their bills to replace the Affordable Care Act would do a better job than the ACA of controlling rising health care costs, but 40 years of deregulation show it just won’t work.
House Speaker Paul Ryan called the new health care proposal an ‘act of mercy.’ The bill could help the healthy and wealthy, but it is unlikely to be merciful to the poor.
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Professor emeritus, University of the Pacific
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Dean of the Sol Price School of Public Policy; Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy, Public Policy, and Economics, University of Southern California
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Health Policy Analyst, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Economics, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor of Management, The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business, Belmont University
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Associate Professor of Surgery and Public Policy, University of Virginia
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Assistant Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University
