Health Populi

MARCH 11, 2021

Note: I may be biased as a University of Michigan graduate of both the School of Public Health and Rackham School of Graduate Studies in Economics]. health care, patient assistance programs, Medicare Advantage plans, and the bundling of proven high-value preventive services into the Affordable Care Act.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Karl Bode’s Motherboard article is intensely central to that pesky, contemporary social determinant of health that emerged so visibly in the COVID-19 pandemic: connectivity. And those problems are access, affordability, and adoption, Gonsalves concludes.

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Health Populi

APRIL 7, 2020

But children, too, are experiencing mental health impacts of the pandemic, which is getting attention in both local and national media. Having children didn’t make much of a difference in stress levels. Laughter is some of the best medicine these days, right?!

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

This could include the use of peer-to-peer counselors, universal screening for mental and substance use disorders, and de-stigmatizing mental health in society and in the medical practice. I recommend that you read this essay on Paul Wellstone’s important legacy for mental health , written by Al Franken in The Atlantic in October 2012.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The February 2022 issue of Health Affairs is themed “Racism and Health.” In addition, some fresh and critical insights into the role of racial bias in the electronic health record and in machine learning and AI feel especially timely and addressable “now.”

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

the title of the article updating the winter 2022-23 sick-season asked. Dr. Wallensky and other public health officials acknowledged “vaccine fatigue” and the relatively low uptake of vaccinations for fending off the coronavirus and the flu as well as other infectious diseases. Which virus is it?” Entering 2023, U.S.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity. The most notable impact of the non-renewal of the PHE was the end of continuous Medicaid public health insurance coverage.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2022

After continuing COVID-related telemental health laws and behavioral telehealth regulations in 2022, many key issues for 2023 are already decided. Both federal and state legislative groups have focused heavily on passing behavioral telehealth regulations to be enacted in 2023 and are poised to extend in subsequent years.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2018

“Whether it’s consumers who are forced to pay higher prices at a local store than online, children who must travel to do web-based homework, or job seekers missing out on employment openings, Americans who lack a private broadband subscription shoulder substantial costs,” Tomer and Fishbane explained in their article. Without them, the U.S.

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