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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. Yes, to health care access (especially primary care). Yes, to healthy food.

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Social Determinants of Health – My Early Childhood Education and Recent Learnings, Shared at the HealthXL Global Gathering

Health Populi

My cousin Arlene got married in Detroit at the classic Book Cadillac Hotel on July 23, 1967, a Sunday afternoon wedding. Loneliness is increasingly recognized as an impactful influence on positive health outcomes, having found that social isolation can increase the risk of premature death by 50%.

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Redefining PPE As Primary Care, Public Health, and Health Equity – The Community PPE Index

Health Populi

we haven’t come to terms with embracing our Health Citizenship — that is, our rights and responsibilities for claiming our health and health care in America. Ultimately, the Community PPE Index could be considered, “the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Index,” the authors believe. In the U.S.,

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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

Health Populi

The authors suggest that investing more in prevention and health promotion for these groups could improve health outcomes and get to more equitable spending levels. Kudos to the editors at JAMA for curating and publishing the August 17th issue addressing many facets and roots of health disparities in the U.S.

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Americans Lost Future Life-Years in 2020: How Much Life Was Lost Depends on the Color of One’s Skin

Health Populi

The Sum of Us, a new book by Heather McGhee, details the many flavors of inequities that put the U.S. The Sum of Us, a new book by Heather McGhee, details the many flavors of inequities that put the U.S. That’s certainly true for health and health care access — COVID-19 has shown us.

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Thinking About Dr. Martin Luther King and Health Equity in 2024

Health Populi

By now, most clued-in Americans know the score on the nation’s collective health status compared to other developed countries — especially striking differences between black people and whites in death rates and complications due to COVID-19. under 50 have poorer health outcomes than our cohorts in other developed countries.

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Of All Forms of Inequality, Injustice in Health Care is the Most Shocking and Inhumane: Listening to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Health Populi

By now, most clued-in Americans know the score on the nation’s collective health status compared to other developed countries — especially striking differences between black people and whites in death rates and complications due to COVID-19. under 50 have poorer health outcomes than our cohorts in other developed countries.