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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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Could Amtrak’s Quiet Car Be a Model for COVID-19 Travel Policies?

Bill of Health

The petition explains that our status quo leaves many immunocompromised and disabled people unable to access key services without risking their health, preventing them from fully participating in everyday life. In October, I wrote directly to Amtrak’s CEO, as well as other high level Amtrak officials, but have yet to receive a response. (I

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

Bill of Health

If the pandemic has taught us anything about public policy, it is that the model of countercyclical federal aid — which expands at the onset of an economic crisis but abates as that crisis is resolved — is fundamentally inadequate when applied to the realm of public health. public health expenditures fell by 30 percent.

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

Hall Render

CMS overhauls Direct Contracting model to include new requirements on governance, health equity in 2023. Alabama’s Covid-19 positivity rate falling, giving hope to health leader. U of California, Irvine to Launch Institute for Precision Health. Georgia House starts work on comprehensive mental health bill.

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The New Loneliness Health Agenda from Dr. Vivek Murphy, US Surgeon General

Health Populi

In the conclusion of his NY Times essay, Dr. Murthy concluded by noting: “This work will take all of us: schools, workplaces, community organizations, government, health workers, public health professionals, individuals, families and more working together.

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What’s The Role of Digital Health in Public Health?

HIT Consultant

To a certain extent, the national conversation about the importance of a robust public health system has been happening for the last couple of years in the context of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Even so, public health professionals endure because they know they must. The Basics of Public Health.

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Most Americans Concerned About Coronavirus Impact on Economy & Families, and Not a “Hoax”

Health Populi

But most Americans also get the politicized nature of the coronavirus and say they’re less likely to vote for President Trump in November based on his handling of the public health threat, according to a just-released survey from Protect Our Care fielded by Public Policy Polling. Anthony Fauci, who led the U.S.