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Autism research should focus less on discovering the condition’s causes and more on potential policies and resources that could concretely support autistic people to lead healthy, fulfilling lives, says Harvard Chan School’s Ari Ne’eman.
At a symposium, a dozen experts discussed how health care in the U.S. can be more accessible, more affordable, and more equitable during the next presidential administration.
Meredith Rosenthal, the C. Boyden Gray Professor of Health Economics and Policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, offered her thoughts on the challenges related to health care affordability and opportunities for action in the short- and long-term.
The imminent closure of Steward Health Care-owned Carney Hospital threatens to widen Boston’s already dramatic health inequities, writes Harvard Chan School’s Alecia McGregor.
While Massachusetts residents were recently found to have the second-highest life expectancy in the country, major health disparities still plague the state—and could widen if vulnerable patients lose access to the hospitals and health centers they’ve relied on.
Many deaths in the U.S. from the most common causes could be delayed or prevented with lifestyle changes and improved primary care delivery, experts say.
Health policy expert John McDonough discusses how profit-focused decisions by companies including Steward Health Care, UnitedHealth Group, and drugstore chains Walgreens and CVS, are damaging medical care in Massachusetts—and how the situation might improve.
Mentoring plays a critical role in how a tight-knit group of health decision science researchers support one another and bring new people into the fold.
