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Nov. 18, 2021
The Pandemic’s Lessons for the Health Care Ecosystem
Oct. 22, 2021
Not Sick Does Not Mean Well
May 27, 2021
Finding Silver Linings in the Pandemic
Heeding the important lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, and using them to drive long-term change. Two of the most critical lessons are the need to address historical underinvestment in public health and the need to leverage the momentum around vaccine equity to work toward broader health equity.
Nov. 10, 2020
For Health Care, a New Day and a Long Road Ahead
Post-election commentary: Achieving progress will be immensely challenging, given the likelihood of a divided Congress and the competing priority of addressing the ongoing pandemic. The most difficult challenge will be tackling health care disparities, especially among Black and Brown communities.
Aug. 13, 2020
Health Insurance: Rethinking Goals Amid Interrupted Progress
Re-evaluating health insurance coverage goals and confronting fundamental inequity and unfairness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 24, 2020
COVID-19 Pandemic: Questions for the Future
Big-picture questions raised by the pandemic response.
Feb. 25, 2020
Pushing for Improvement One Step at a Time
Improving the health care system is rarely about sweeping and dramatic changes. More often than not, progress is achieved through incremental steps.
Nov. 25, 2019
The “Last Mile” of Delivery System Innovation
The "last mile" of delivery system innovation: the challenge of spreading promising practices throughout the health care system.
Aug. 1, 2019
Left Out of Value-Based Payment
Payment reform alone can’t sustain everything we need to improve health.
April 12, 2019
What Does Price Transparency Have to Do with Patient Empowerment?
There are numerous steps between greater price transparency and a more empowered patient, and it’s a more complex issue than it might look like at first glance.
Feb. 14, 2019
Tony Shih: 2018 Annual Report Message
"Ultimately, the goal of a health system should be to produce better health. And while health insurance coverage and access to care are vital to making this happen, they are not sufficient. So what more do we need to do?"
July 31, 2018
Is Health Care Quality Improving?
Asking whether health care quality is really improving may not be the right question at all.

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