To reduce economic and health disparities, we must reopen schools, colleges, and child care facilities, and enable microschool ‘pods’ for those who would otherwise stay home.
Health Care
Americans deserve a health care system that provides universal—and universally affordable—coverage for today’s Americans, and a fiscally sustainable system for the generations to come. All Americans should have the freedom to choose among a wide variety of plans that suit their needs. Taxpayer-funded subsidies should be reserved for the poor, the sick and the vulnerable—not the wealthy. Enabling competition and curtailing the power of health care monopolies will lower patients’ costs and increase innovation in patient care.
All Health Care
Long-term care facilities like nursing homes and assisted living facilities represent the largest—and still growing—share of coronavirus deaths.
In an analysis of 31 high-income nations, Asian countries have performed the best.
Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands—three countries with universal private health insurance—top the 2020 rankings.
The dimensions, elements, & measures we used to rank 31 high-income national health care systems.
A first-of-its-kind ranking of 31 national health care systems on quality, choice, science & technology, and fiscal sustainability.
Younger Americans appear to have a significantly lower chance of dying from COVID-19 than they do of more common infectious diseases.
A startling statistic has profound implications for the way we’ve managed the coronavirus pandemic.