Tag: health policy

Has the Pandemic Become Endemic?

by jerseyshorejohn

by John J. Dalton, FHFMA, Editor, The Three Minute ReadTM The short answer – not quite yet! The word “endemic” comes from the Greek endēmos, which means “in population.” An endemic virus is relatively constant in a population with largely predictable patterns, with the seasonal flu perhaps the best example.  It’s likely that Covid-19 ultimately … Continue reading Has the Pandemic Become Endemic?

We Can’t Afford Not to Have Universal Healthcare

by edeichhorn

The phrase “Medicare for All” is familiar to anyone paying attention to the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, as numerous candidates have come out in support of it. Once a mainstream political idea in the 1960s, then a radical leftist pipe dream in the 1980s and ’90s, providing government-funded healthcare to everyone is now mainstream politics … Continue reading We Can’t Afford Not to Have Universal Healthcare