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Get Ready for a Lot of Biden Executive Orders on Health Care
In this column for the JAMA Health Forum, Larry Levitt explores what President-elect Biden might do to advance his health care vision both through legislation and through executive orders and waivers and demonstrations.
Column Read PostReal Progress Is Possible On Vaccine Hesitancy
Drew Altman’s Axios column draws on data from the new KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor to assess where the country stands on vaccine hesitancy.
Column Read PostThe Dangers of Vaccine Disillusionment
In this Foreign Affairs article, Josh Michaud and Jen Kates lay out the challenges in vaccinating people in low-income countries around the world and review early plans to ensure safe and effective vaccines are made available and delivered to people across the globe.
Column Read PostCOVID-19 Is Causing Health Spending To Go Down
New analysis from Drew Altman in his latest Axios column on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on national health spending.
Column Read PostThe Exit Polls Show The Need To Confront COVID-19 Denial in Red America
Drew Altman analyzes the exit polls in his latest Axios column. While Biden voters see COVID-19 as a top priority, Trump supporters are still largely pandemic deniers, echoing the President.
Column Read PostA Year of Crisis: How COVID-19 Upended the Election’s Focus on Health Care Policy—Or Did It?
In this post, Ashley Kirzinger and Mollyann Brodie examine how the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises shook up the mix of issues voters care about without changing the 2020 presidential race’s core dynamic as a referendum on President Trump’s first term in office.
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