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Eight Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Social Determinants of Health

Bill of Health

State Government Opportunities: States can increase expungement rates by amending laws to apply automatic expungement to minor drug possession convictions and seal the records. States can also remove barriers to local governments setting a livable local minimum wage. Code § 32) by making the tax credit monthly. 34:11-56a et seq.

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Reclaiming Salus Populi

Bill of Health

Introduction: The Threat to Public Health As we reach the COVID-19 pandemic’s third anniversary, the warning signs for the future of public health law are everywhere. Along the way, courts have displayed an alarming disinterest in science or the impact of their decisions on the public’s health.

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Change for the Medical Malpractice Compensation System in England?

Bill of Health

We see an infinite demand for limited health care resources, and, at the same time, there are financial books to balance. The House of Commons has a Committee on Health and Social Care Committee (“the committee”) which holds to account the Department of Health and Social Care and government health policy.

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What John Mackey of Whole Foods Said at the 2022 HIMSS Conference – and Why This is Important for the Whole Health Ecosystem

Jane Sarashon

” Four years later in 2013, promoting his (then) new book Conscious Capitalism, Mackey did an interview with NPR, morphing the word “socialism” to “fascism” when speaking about the Affordable Care Act. .”

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While Costs Are A Top Concern Among Most U.S. Patients, So Are Challenges of Poverty, Food, and Housing

Health Populi

Three-quarters of Americans believe that hospitals, clinics and physicians should look beyond patients medical/clinical needs into root causes like access to healthy food, transportation, and safe/clean housing — the social determinants of health. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Americans’ mentions of “government” as a top U.S.

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Biden Pledges Better Nursing Home Care, but He Likely Won’t Fast-Track It

Kaiser Health News

Still, she said, “I think one year, knowing that this is government stuff, may be the best we can hope for. Mark Parkinson , CEO of the American Health Care Association in Washington, D.C., “That’s not what we expect for our most vulnerable,” she said. That’s not going to be an overnight thing.

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Failures of Imagination in Public Health Policy

Bill of Health

This replacement, “neoliberalism,” has as its central tenet that markets are, in all ways and at all times, superior to government in allocating societal resources. Since markets are inherently individualistic and the basic unit of analysis of public health is the community, this ideology was and is antithetical to our goals.