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Op-ed: Medicare for All not politically feasible
Medicare for All has been a hotly debated topic during the 2020 presidential campaign season so far. John McDonough argued in a February 21, 2020 op-ed in Health Affairs that too much time has been spent discussing the…
Poll: Reducing health care costs top priority for most Americans
About 80% of Americans say reducing health care and prescription drug costs are their top priorities, regardless of party affiliation, according to a new POLITICO-Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health survey. In a Politico article published on February…
Fewer families worried about medical bills, but decline slowing
Results from a 2018 survey found that slightly more than 14% of respondents said they belonged to a family struggling to pay for medical bills in the U.S. A February 12, 2020, Associated Press article noted that the…
Would Medicare for All affect how much money people earn?
Implementing a Medicare for All system would have broad effects on the American economy, though understanding the precise impact is difficult, according to experts. In a February 3, 2020 New York Times column, Austin Frakt, senior research scientist…
Op-ed: Repairing and expanding the health care system in Canada
Although Canadians take pride in the fairness of both their society and their health care system, inequities continue to exist in both, according to a recent op-ed co-authored by Andrew Boozary, a visiting scientist in Harvard T.H. Chan…
How realistic is a single-payer health care system in the U.S.?
The question of how feasible a single-payer health care system in the U.S. is has taken on prominence as Democratic presidential candidates continue to spar over different policy proposals, with some promising to implement a Medicare for All…
Shortage of health care workers poses challenges for Medicare for All proposals
As Democratic presidential candidates continue to spar over health care, John McDonough, professor of the practice of public health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, was interviewed on NPR’s “All Things Considered” about challenges the U.S.…
Lessons in leadership from former VT Gov. Peter Shumlin
Peter Shumlin, the former governor of Vermont who tried unsuccessfully to create the nation’s first single-payer health care system, is sharing lessons he learned in office with students and faculty members at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…
Boosting patients’ involvement in health care decisions
A shift to truly consumer-driven health care can’t rely solely on the the medical care system.
Medicare for all is a popular phrase, but not easily defined
While “Medicare for all”has been frequently referenced by politicians and in recent news reports, the average American has little idea what the phrase actually means and how it would take shape as a policy, according to news reports.…