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How Canada got universal health care and what the U.S. could learn – PBS NewsHour

Naresh Tinani loves his job as a perfusionist at a hospital in Saskatchewan’s capital. To him, monitoring patient blood levels, heart beat and body temperature during cardiac surgeries and intensive care is a “privilege” — “the ultimate interaction between human physiology and the mechanics of engineering.” But Tinani has also been on the other side… Read More: How Canada got universal health care and what the U.S.… »

Why Health Systems Employ Doctors: Money and Control

By KEN TERRY (This is the third in a series of excerpts from Terry’s new book, Physician-Led Healthcare Reform: a New Approach to Medicare for All, published by the American Association for Physician Leadership.) The American Medical Association (AMA) last year announced that, for the first time, more physicians were employed than were independent. While… Read More: Why Health Systems Employ Doctors: Money and Control »

National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2020

Ordinarily, the last Sunday in August marks National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NFHAAD). But 2020 is no ordinary year, and NFHAAD events are spread from Thursday, August 27, through Monday, August 31. It’s a time for people of all faiths to unite in efforts to end the epidemic and fight HIV stigma within their communities.… Read More: National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2020 »

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 147 | The Most Confusing Episode So Far

Health in 2 Point 00 Aug 28, 2020• With 3 consecutive days of $ 100M in funding, here is the most confusing (or rather the most confused we have been) Episode 147 of Health in 2 Point 00. Jess asks me about Verily partnering with Swiss Re to get into the stop-loss insurance game, Prescryptive… Read More: Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 147 | The Most… »