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New patient-centered vision emerging in U.S. primary care
“Primary care may just be the most exciting place to be in medicine in the near future,” HSPH Professor John McDonough writes in his latest Health Stew blog post, published September 12, 2012 on Boston.com. New models for…
Working the system
[ Fall 2012 ] As director of the second-largest health department in Washington State, Anthony Chen, MPH ’06, tackles all the issues—from infections to inequities—that shape people’s health. The elderly Taiwanese man had been Anthony Chen’s patient for…
U.S. health care system needs reform now, says expert panel
New IOM report cites 75,000 unnecessary deaths, $750 billion wasted Problems in the U.S. health care system pose a serious threat to Americans’ health and economic security, according to a report by the Institute of Medicine issued September…
Massachusetts’ health care reform experience holds lessons for national effort
Massachusetts’ six years of experience with health care reform holds valuable lessons for the nation as it prepares to begin fully implementing the Affordable Care Act in 2014. In a September 5, 2012 article in the New England…
Tufts, Vanguard to launch new health insurance program
Coverage on WBUR featuring HSPH's Nancy Turnbull, August 31, 2012
Transforming Ethiopia's health care system from the ground up
August 29, 2012 -- There are currently more Ethiopian doctors working in Chicago than in Ethiopia, according to Keseteberhan Admassu, the country’s state minister of health. Speaking to an international group of experts assembled by Harvard School of…
Implementing insurance exchanges: U.S. policy makers can learn from Europe
A key part of the healthcare reforms in the Affordable Care Act are state-based health insurance exchanges. Beginning in January 2014 individuals and small employers will be able to compare and purchase health plans through their state’s exchange.…
The quest for universal health coverage: achieving social protection for all in Mexico
Podcast with Julio Frenk and Felicia Knaul, Lancet, August 16, 2012
Mexico achieves universal health coverage, enrolls 52.6 million people in less than a decade
August 15, 2012 -- Despite periods of economic downturns and crisis, Mexico recently achieved a significant milestone – enrolling 52.6 million previously uninsured Mexicans in public medical insurance programs and thereby achieving universal health coverage in less than…
Medicaid expansion debated as presidential campaign heats up
Is Medicaid, the health care program for low-income Americans, a costly program that doesn’t work well? Or is it an essential program vital to the health of millions? The debate over Medicaid has heightened in the wake of…