Universal Coverage Day came only three days shy of the deadline for open enrollment in the US. Why are much smaller, less wealthy countries such as Thailand pushing forward while the US is not?
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Statistics suggest that the fight against poverty is far from being won in Kenya.
South Africa's health care needs to be reformed so that everyone has access regardless of affordability or location.
Bernie Sanders' single-payer health care plan is bound to be expensive and politically impossible. A simple expansion of Medicare offers a cheaper and more passable path to universal care.
International comparisons show that the UK's National Health Service outperforms other countries' health systems, including the US.
For the first time in 15 years, as premiums and complaints rise, the proportion of the population with private health insurance is declining.
Tired of escalating health care costs, health care policymakers in Colorado have put a vote for universal coverage on the ballot in that state. Could the other states learn anything from it?
Across the continent, citizens’ perceptions of health care show several barriers to access and better health for all.
Despite the criticism, the sustainable development goal for health presents an opportunity to approach health holistically.
The South African government's plan to provide universal access to health care seems to be slipping off its priority list.
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Professor, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Programme Manager, Centre for Rural Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Joint Director, Research and Policy, Public Health Foundation of India
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Associate Professor and Associate Director, Health Systems Program, Johns Hopkins University
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Senior Research Officer and the Afrobarometer Project Manager for Anglophone West Africa, Centre for Democratic Development Ghana
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Democratic Development Ghana
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Afrobarometer Project Manager for Francophone West Africa, based at the Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP), African School of Economics
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Assistant Professor, Colorado State University
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Programme Manager Health Systems and Policy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boston University
