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Failures of Imagination in Public Health Policy

Bill of Health

Litigation on behalf of public health I tell my classes that one of the hallmarks of American jurisprudence is that the law can change when some lawyer somewhere gets an idea for a piece of impact litigation. Witness the success of environmental policy litigation in the ’70s. politics and the fundamentals of advocacy.

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Countercyclical Aid Is Not Enough to Fix the Broken US Approach to Public Health Financing

Bill of Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s failed responses to COVID-19, ranging from “testing to data to communications,” have prompted a call to reorganize the agency. Yet restructuring the CDC will have little effect on pandemic preparedness if the decentralized American approach to health finance remains in place.

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Hall Render’s Health Provider News – February 25, 2022

Hall Render

40% of Nursing Home Residents Haven’t Received COVID-19 Boosters, Analysis Finds. Biden extends COVID-19 national emergency. How 5 health systems are spending their innovation investment dollars. No COVID-19 boosters for 70% of nursing home staffs, AARP says.