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Can we speak the same language?

Marianne Udow-Phillips

Posted by Marianne Udow-Phillips on April 2, 2012

On April 13, 2012, CHRT is sponsoring a symposium geared to health policy-makers, funders and researchers, to ask this question: can individuals from these three worlds do a better job of working together? 

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Who Can Tell the Public the Truth About Health Care Costs?

Marianne Udow-Phillips

Posted by Marianne Udow-Phillips on March 5, 2012

The Feb. 16 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine had an excellent commentary by Peter Newman about how difficult it is to talk to the public about health care costs.

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The Facts: Timing Matters

Marianne Udow-Phillips

Posted by Marianne Udow-Phillips on February 6, 2012

Earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal reported on some research that would make anyone who is trying to inform public policy lose sleep.  The story described just how impervious to the facts people often are in their assessments of data relevant to public policy.

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The Latest (Not Greatest) on Essential Benefits

Marianne Udow-Phillips

Posted by Marianne Udow-Phillips on January 9, 2012

Well, the federal government has spoken about its intent with regard to defining essential benefits, and the answer is: leave it to the states. As Tim Jost notes in his latest blog post, there are some (probably, most) who assumed the Affordable Care Act would result in more uniformity in essential benefits across the country. But instead (no doubt bowing to a perceived political backlash at this time of difficult discourse in Washington, DC) the Obama administration decided to publish guidelines and establish broad parameters for essential benefits without going into the details.

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Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Health Care Reform in Washtenaw County

Marianne Udow-Phillips

Posted by Marianne Udow-Phillips on July 11, 2011

Health care policy happens at many levels, but health care delivery: just one. Policy is made at the federal, state and local levels—but delivery is at the local level: in organized systems of care or with individual or teams of practitioners working with patients and families.

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Paternalism and Health: How Far Should We Go?

Marianne Udow-Phillips

Posted by Marianne Udow-Phillips on May 16, 2011

Mayor Bloomberg of New York made headlines when he decided to take on the soda industry (ok, I know, my New York roots are showing – pop for those of you from the Midwest!). Specifically, Mr. Bloomberg is seeking a federal waiver in the food stamp program (now called SNAP – supplemental nutrition assistance program) to ban the purchase of sugary beverages because of their contribution to diabetes and obesity.

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What do we mean when we say "population health"?

Posted by Nancy Baum on April 25, 2011

Lately I’ve noticed a resurgence of the term “population health” in the health policy literature. It seems to me that the term is being used differently today than in the past, and I wonder how that might affect our ability to actually affect and improve population health.

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