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Redefining PPE As Primary Care, Public Health, and Health Equity – The Community PPE Index

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” Perhaps Definition 3 in the OED could be updated by a blog published online in the September 25, 2020, issue of Health Affairs, A New “PPE” For A Thriving Community: Public Health, Primary Care, Health Equity. For more on this issue, see Health Populi here ]. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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Health Care and the Democratic Debates – Part 1 – Medicare For All, Rx Prices, Guns and Mental Health

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His stance has moved to the center away from single payer, to a private/public mix. He believes in “getting to guaranteed universal health care, featuring primary care, the ability to see a mental health provider,” noting that in Texas, the single largest provider of mental health care is the county jail system.”

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My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 3 of 5, Letters “K” through “O”

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This week, I’m sharing all the letters of the alphabet with you which reminded me keywords and themes emerging as we were learning about this dastardly public health threat beginning early in 2020. ” I added in a Pacific Coast telegram sticker and spelled out the name of the city in a child-like alpha font. M is for mask.

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Health, Wealth & COVID-19 – My Conversation with Jeanne Pinder & Carium, in Charts

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This first chart comes from Kaiser Family Foundation’s ongoing health tracking poll with the top-line on Americans’ views of the coronavirus — negatively disrupting life, income, and mental health for a plurality of U.S.

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The Coronavirus Impact on American Life, Part 1 – Life Disrupted, and Money Concerns

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Over 61,000 health care jobs were lost in March 2020; 459,000 jobs in leisure and hospitality were lost, followed by 52,000 workers in professional and business services and 46,00+ in retail trade, among other categories.

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Americans’ Sense of Well-Being Falls to Great Recession Levels, Gallup Finds

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In her blog on this first day of the World Bank/IMF conference, Gita Gopinath wrote about The Great Lockdown: Worst Economic Downturn Since the Great Depression. national policies to attend to both the financial/economic scars as well as physical and mental health now and in post-pandemic life in 2021. Read carefully.

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The COVID19 Consumer: #AloneTogether and More Health Aware

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Federal health agencies to create a campaign to promote physical distancing using the hashtag #AloneTogether to bolster our social connections forged through digital/virtual means. ” Matthew Holt convened his inaugural podcast of The Health Care Blog Gang yesterday. “Where’s Waldo?