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An Upside Down Future for Healthcare

The Health Care Blog

I’ll briefly summarize each and then try to apply them to healthcare. Kelly suggests trying to picture the “history” of an imagined future, the steps required to get to X in year YYYY, so that we can understand “What kinds of technology and laws and social expectations needed to be in place year by year in order to arrive at that state.”

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Hospital Systems: A Framework for Maximizing Social Benefit

The Health Care Blog

Hospital consolidation has risen to the top of the health policy stack. As a consequence, the Biden administration has targeted the health care industry for enhanced and more vigilant anti-trust enforcement. These systems demonstrated that they are capable of producing, rapidly and on demand, demonstrable social benefit.

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What's at stake for health care this election

The Hill

Voters head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in an election with significant consequences for health care. A second Trump presidency could mean significant changes to the healthcare system, though Trump has been vague about his plans. His tone has shifted recently, as he’s tried to take credit for saving the law.