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Audrey D. Zhang, Jason L. Schwartz, Joseph S. Ross
Opinion
Lawrence O. Gostin
Forced migration—whether from persecution, climate change, or poverty—is undermining key global health goals, including universal health coverage and health equity. In May, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a five-year Global Action Plan (GAP) to Promote the Health of Refugees and Migrants. But in a new Early View Opinion in The Milbank Quarterly, Lawrence O. Gostin, University Professor in Global Health Law at Georgetown University, says that the plan may stumble because of WHO’s insufficient resources and weak political influence. Read more
Paula M. Lantz
A Washington Post article recently stated that there was no evidence that “thousands of women died every year in the United States from illegal abortions” before the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, as Planned Parenthood President Dr. Leana Wen had asserted. Read more
Hector P. Rodriguez, Bing Ying Poon, Emily Wang, Stephen M. Shortell
K. John McConnell
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently unveiled its “Primary Cares Initiative,” which it describes as its biggest effort to replace fee-for-service payment and transform primary care delivery Read more
