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Health care policy expert says now is the time to focus on prevention
December 14, 2011 -- With national health care reform underway, there should be plenty of opportunities for individuals, health care providers, insurers, and policymakers to emphasize preventive care. Focusing national attention on taming the rise of behavior-related ailments—diabetes,…
Many uninsured in Massachusetts likely eligible for public health insurance programs
HSPH Prof. Nancy Turnbull recently wrote a post on WBUR’s CommonHealth blog about why many low-income Massachusetts residents remain uninsured. Citing data from a new report by the state’s Health Connector and the Department of Revenue, Turnbull wrote…
Why no Vermont-style health system transformation in Massachusetts?
The creation of single payer insurance has fallen off the radar in Massachusetts, HSPH Prof. John McDonough wrote in his Health Stew blog on the Boston Globe website on December 12, 2011. Discussing the departure of three leading…
HHS official Howard Koh stresses importance of public health work
November 4, 2011 -- Former HSPH Prof Calls Working in D.C. “Sometimes Frustrating but Absolutely Fascinating” Howard Koh spent two decades as a doctor. Working one-on-one with patients is “a noble and almost sacred experience,” he told scores of…
Ensuring health care insurance
HSPH Professor John McDonough recently spoke to The Boston Globe about his new book Inside National Health Reform. McDonough, a former Massachusetts state legislator and executive director of the advocacy group Health Care for All, worked as a…
Policy makers should prepare for major uncertainties with Medicaid expansion
For immediate release: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Boston, MA – The number of low-income, uninsured Americans enrolling in Medicaid under the expanded coverage made possible by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 could vary considerably from the…
U.S. Health Care Spending
From Infographic: The dollars and sense of chronic disease Source: Institute of Medicine (2012). Reallocation of Health Dollars and New Sources of Funds Needed to Strengthen Nation’s Public Health Capacity. Retrieved from http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2012/For-the-Publics-Health-Investing-in-a-Healthier-Future/Press-Release.aspx
Why IS health care reform so elusive?
[ Fall 2011 ] Interview with John McDonough John McDonough, HSPH professor of the practice of public health, was a senior adviser on the U.S. Senate committee responsible for developing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the…
A launchpad for leaders
[ Fall 2011 ] When Roy Wade was a medical resident at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, one patient in the pediatric clinic he was working in really stuck with him: a 16-year-old girl with a deeply troubled…
HSPH health policy expert impressed with national health reform implementation
July 27, 2011 -- Cites Political Process as Biggest Hurdle to Full Rollout HSPH Prof. John McDonough launched the School’s 2011 Hot Topics speaker series with an overview of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) and a progress report on…
