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Failures of Imagination in Public Health Policy

Bill of Health

By Daniel Swartzman If public health is to prosper, we will need to overcome the after-effects of several failures of imagination. Failing to use litigation against inadequate public health actions, as did the early civil rights and environmental movements. Failing to demand moral leadership of governmental actors.

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Food is Medicine Approaches to Address Diet-Related Health Conditions

Bill of Health

By Hannah Rahim Food is Medicine interventions aim to prevent and treat diet-related chronic health conditions and reduce food insecurity by providing food to individuals and communities, in connection with the health care system.

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Telehealth Visits Can Improve Revenue, But They’re No Cornucopia

Healthcare IT Today

Specifically, what if the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinds the emergency orders it has put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic? This article focuses on revenue, because I and other writers frequently cover impacts of televisits on access and care plans. The premise of this article embraces an irony.

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Is a Federal Medical License Constitutional?

Bill of Health

This post will explore potential constitutional arguments for and against federal licensure, investigate the constitutionality of more moderate legislative approaches, and speculate on how the late Roberts Court might respond to reform attempts. Most such proposals rely on conditional spending, especially of Medicare funds.

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Healthcare and the F-Word: Health Politics Rank High on November 6, 2018

Health Populi

And here’s the notorious tweet about her use of the f-word, and the link to the article in the Tucson Weekly which reported on the day talked about McSally’s enthusiasm for cutting down the Affordable Care Act with her Republican colleagues in the House. The final vote was 217-213. In their poll of 487 likely U.S.