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A plan to end unaffordable out-of-pocket costs
Put a cap on it that is based on household income. It's doable if we put providers on a budget.
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Merrill Goozner
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Trump's latest inheritance
This morning, President Joe Biden makes the case that his successor will inherit a strong, growing economy whose Covid-driven inflationary woes are…
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Merrill Goozner
One other good idea from RFK Jr.: Boost primary care
While public health advocates are mobilizing to thwart the anti-vaxxer's confirmation, his acolytes want to revamp physician pay to boost primary care…
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Merrill Goozner
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Paul Krugman, pragmatic Keynesian, leaving the Times
When writing about health care, the Nobel Prize-winning economist wanted single-payer but defended Obamacare.
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Merrill Goozner
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The contrarian addiction
Dr. Marty Makary, Trump's nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, hunts for evidence in studies that should never pass muster at the agency he…
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Merrill Goozner
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November 2024

Kennedy/Oz as champions of public health?
Not when Medicare, Medicaid and the ACA are under assault. Their verbal attacks on the food industry, while entirely justified, provide no guidance as…
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Merrill Goozner
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RFK, Jr. at HHS
An unserious man would be a figurehead a HHS, giving industry free rein to further reduce regulations that ensure our food is safe and new drugs and…
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Merrill Goozner
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Setting a baseline
The public might have a better idea of what's at stake in an election if we did a better job tracking key indicators of public health.
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Merrill Goozner
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The limits of incrementalism
Only bold solutions that solve health care’s enduring problems of access and cost can put the U.S. on the road to better health.
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Merrill Goozner
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October 2024

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