Health Policy
Rebekah E. Gee, MD, MPH; David Shulkin, MD; Iyah Romm, BS
JAMA. 2021;325(7):619-620. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.0013
This Viewpoint proposes broad principles to guide Medicaid reform as a means to advance health equity, including stabilization of its funding and coverage; coordination of its infrastructure; alignment of health care and social spending at the point of care; and a value-based approach to benefits.
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Editorial
Health Care Is a Right, Not a Privilege: A New Series on US Health Care and Health Policy
Howard Bauchner, MD; Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA; Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH
JAMA
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Video:
Health Care Reform in the Biden Era
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Conversations with Dr Bauchner:
Health Care Reform in the Biden Era
Health Policy
Atheendar S. Venkataramani, MD, PhD; Rourke O鈥橞rien, PhD; Alexander C. Tsai, MD, PhD
JAMA. 2021;325(7):621-622. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.26339
This Viewpoint reviews the social and economic drivers of declines in longevity in the US, especially among lower socioeconomic status groups, and proposes policy options for the Biden-Harris administration to mitigate the trend, including an increase in the federally mandated minimum wage.
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Editorial
Health Care Is a Right, Not a Privilege: A New Series on US Health Care and Health Policy
Howard Bauchner, MD; Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA; Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH
JAMA
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Video:
Health Care Reform in the Biden Era
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Conversations with Dr Bauchner:
Health Care Reform in the Biden Era
John P. A. Ioannidis, MD, DSc; Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA; Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc
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has audio
JAMA. 2021;325(7):623-624. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.0003
This Viewpoint reviews the way race has been used and misused in medical research and urges careful consideration by investigators of how its use might ameliorate or worsen health inequalities.
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Conversations with Dr Bauchner:
Recalibrating the Use of Race in Medical Research
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Editorial
Race, Ancestry, and Medical Research
Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA; Howard Bauchner, MD
JAMA
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Removal of Race From Estimates of Kidney Function: First, Do No Harm
Keith C. Norris, MD; Nwamaka D. Eneanya, MD, MPH; L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH
JAMA
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The Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals: Comments Invited
Annette Flanagin, RN, MA; Tracy Frey, BA; Stacy L. Christiansen, MA; Howard Bauchner, MD
JAMA
Christopher W. Goodman, MD; Allan S. Brett, MD
free access
JAMA. 2021;325(7):625-626. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.25473
This Viewpoint uses examples of recommendations for race-based pharmacogenetic testing to discuss flaws and inconsistencies with race and ethnicity as surrogates for biology, and the consequences of those deficiencies for clinical decision-making.
Chyke A. Doubeni, MD, MPH; Melissa Simon, MD; Alex H. Krist, MD, MPH
free access
JAMA. 2021;325(7):627-628. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.26188
This Viewpoint discusses ways the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is working to identify contributions of systemic racism to differences in health outcomes, and to develop evidence-based recommendations to mitigate the effects of social, economic, and structural disadvantage on disease and its related sequelae.