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The class of 2020 is graduating during a global pandemic and crippling economic downturn. What health care coverage options do young adults have? The Commonwealth Fund’s Gabriella Aboulafia and Sara Collins examine the choices available to new graduates, a group that is among the most likely in America to be uninsured.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - June 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gabriella N. Aboulafia, Sara R. Collins Source Type: blogs
The Wealth Gap Widens
Whether history considers the current downturn a recession or a depression, it is clear that it will reinforce the growing inequality in our country. Navigating this economic crisis without substantially increasing inequality would require an unwavering commitment to support displaced workers and small business owners. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - May 31, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Shanthi Nataraj Source Type: blogs
Private School COVID-19 Permanent Closure Tracker — May 29, 2020
Neal McCluskey44 private schools have announced that they are closing permanently, at least in part due to the COVID-19 economic downturn, up from 33 inlast week ’s update. Enrollment in the closing schools, which in a few cases is estimated, is6,204, up from 5,690 last week.Were all of these students to go to public schools, and had none been part of publicly connected school choice such as voucher programs or scholarship tax ‐credits, the new cost to the public purse would be roughly$96,000,000 ($15,424 per student multiplied by 6,204).As always, the list is expected to grow as schools learn more about the imp...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 29, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Neal McCluskey Source Type: blogs
Private School COVID-19 Permanent Closure Tracker — May 22, 2020
Neal McCluskey33 private schools have announced that they are closing permanently at least in part due to the COVID-19 economic downturn. That is up from 26 on our specialMonday, May 18 update.We have adjusted how we collect enrollment data, using a combination of media reports,Private School Review, and direct contact with schools. 5,690 students attend the schools that are closing, up from 5,217 on Monday. Were all of these students to go to public schools, and had none been part of publicly connected school choice such as voucher programs or scholarship tax ‐credits, the new cost to the public purse would be roug...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 22, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Neal McCluskey Source Type: blogs
The Facts About Optional Practical Training (OPT) for Foreign Students
David J. BierThe Trump administrationreportedly is considering a plan this week to restrict or ban foreign students from working after graduation from U.S. universities. Under Optional Practical Training (OPT), foreign students can study for at least one year after receiving their degrees. Foreign students in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math fields can extend OPT for another two years.The plan is supposedly to benefit unemployed Americans —almost none of whom work in the relevant fields—after states reopen for business. The program is the main on‐ramp for American companies to recruit and retain foreign...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 20, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
I highly recommend this
It ' s a primer on epidemiology as applied to Covid-19, with interactive simulations.It shows what happens if we do nothing, and if we take various measures against transmission, and it adds important concepts one at a time. There ' s a lot to take in but it ' s all made very clear and presented so you can grok one idea before you move on to the next.One of the most important things to take away is that it matters how fast we get to herd immunity. Assuming there ' s no vaccine, that ' s the only realistic way out. (A permanent regime of testing and contact tracing is possible, but not much fun and it means people are still...
Source: Stayin' Alive - May 19, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Private School COVID-19 Permanent Closure Tracker, Enrollment Data Added: May 18, 2020
Neal McCluskeyLast week ’sPrivate School COVID-19 Permanent Closure Tracker prompted several people to send reports of closing schools that we had not previously captured, and one additional closure was announced after we published. We have also added enrollment numbers to our list so that we can track the number of students who are being displaced. Given the influx of schools and new enrollment column, we are publishing a special Monday update.The list now has 26 schools with a total enrollment of 5,217. Were all of these students to go to public schools, and had none been part of publicly connected school choice su...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 18, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Neal McCluskey Source Type: blogs
Using Quarantine to Reflect On Values, Worth & Life
With many of us at home, it’s time to let our lives catch up to us and envision a new future.
The unbridled spread of COVID-19 has caused all but essential service providers to drop what we were doing and settle in at home. This forced slowdown is very uncomfortable for most.
Notwithstanding the stress we increasingly feel about our financial security, for many of us, our mental health is maintained by our participation in meaningful work. Without that work to direct our attention, effort, and even passion towards, we are left floundering to find stability and juggling myriad possibilities with indecisiveness.
How t...
Source: World of Psychology - May 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Guest Author Tags: Publishers YourTango coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic quarantine Reflection self-worth values Source Type: blogs
Americans Are Worried About the Cost of Their Healthcare (and they have good reason)
By CASEY QUINLAN, HELEN HASKELL, BILL ADAMS, JOHN JAMES, ROBERT R. SCULLY, and POPPY ARFORD
Last year, the Patient Council of the Right Care Alliance conducted a survey in which over 1,000 Americans answered questions about what worried them most about their healthcare. We asked questions about access to care, concerns about misdiagnosis, and risks of treatment, which we reported on in our last THCB piece about the What Worries You Most survey.
We also asked people to rank their concerns about the costs of their care, in five questions that covered cost of care, cost of prescription drugs, cost and availability of in...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Bill Adams Casey Quinlan cost of care Costs Economics Health Care Costs Helen Haskell John James Patient Council of the Right Care Alliance Poppy Arford Robert R. Scully Source Type: blogs
The Problem With “Herd Immunity” as a COVID-19 Strategy
This article originally appeared on his blog here.
The post The Problem With “Herd Immunity” as a COVID-19 Strategy appeared first on The Health Care Blog. (Source: The Health Care Blog)
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Dave deBronkart e-Patient Dave e-Patient Dave DeBronkart Pandemic Source Type: blogs
How to Overcome Financial Pressure
We just wrapped up the 2020 launch of Conscious Growth Club, and our next opening will be in April 2021. The launch did very well. We have 87 members enrolled in our next CGC year together. Financially this was our second six-figure launch of the year, the previous one being for the Stature course in January.
I received some feedback from people who really wanted to join CGC this year (some of them waiting months to sign up) but couldn’t do it because of financial challenges, especially related to the virus. Some had been recently laid off. Others have been reporting a business slowdown. Others are uncertain about...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - May 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Creating Reality Emotions Lifestyle Source Type: blogs
Is It Time to Rethink the Separation Between the High School and Postsecondary Systems?
We do not yet know how long or deep this economic downturn will be, or how the pandemic will affect the way we work and learn. But just as the post-coronavirus workplace is surely being re-envisioned, this crisis should motivate us to reconsider the structure of our educational system. Early college is a model that that can help inform these discussions. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 15, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Julie Edmunds; Fatih Unlu; Elizabeth J Glennie; Brian Phillips; Nina Arshavsky Source Type: blogs
Research Provides No Basis for Pandemic Travel Bans
CONCLUSIONThe pre ‐COVID‐19 research is unanimous that governments cannot expect to rely on travel restrictions to prevent the spread of pandemics similar to influenza. Travel restrictions do not prevent the spread of disease and may only delay it for a few days or weeks if implemented prior to the interna tional transmission of the disease. The Trump administration’s travel restrictions waited until after the virus had already entered the United States, and they exempted many travelers from China, not to mention the rest of the world.[30]The research shows that the Trump administration should have known that ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 15, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
Private Schools Face an Existential Threat
Neal McCluskeyEven in terrific economic times, we hear the drumbeat that public schools areunderfunded. When there are downturns it gets even louder – in the Great Recession we heard a lot about “cutting to the bone. ” But public schools do not tend to face the harshest consequences of bad economic times. Private schools do.Private schools start behind the eight ball no matter what the economic conditions because they are competing against public institutions that get massive subsidies from taxpayers and are free from the perspective of consumers.It is, of course, extremely difficult to compete against “free” be...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 13, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Neal McCluskey Source Type: blogs
We ’re Going to Need Startups
Chris EdwardsThe economic damage from COVID-19 business shutdowns could be massive. We ’re starting to see the effects with initial unemployment claimsspiking to a record 3.3 million last week.In an effort to keep businesses in one piece, the $2.2 trillion federal relief package provides loans to large businesses, and essentially provides grants to small businesses that retain employees. We will nonetheless see many bankruptcies in coming months.Another part of the downturn will be less visible —the tens of thousands of businesses that won’t be started in coming months. In a normal year,about eight per...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 31, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
