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Who goes first? Government leaders and prioritisation of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
20 January 2021 - The vice president, Senate majority leader, House speaker, surgeon general, and members of Congress were among the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Nov 2020
Will COVID-19 vaccines be cost effective—and does it matter?
26 November 2020 - The costs of other pandemic measures mean that covid-19 vaccines will probably turn out to be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2020
How the FDA stood up to the President
20 October 2020 - Dr. Stephen Hahn, the F.D.A. commissioner, occupies a fraught position, caught between pressure from the White House ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2020
UCP approves policy to create private health care system in Alberta
18 October 2020 - Alberta’s United Conservative Party has voted to approve a policy that supports creating a “privately funded ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Oct 2020
Ideas about resourcing health care in the United States: can economic evaluation achieve meaningful use?
29 September 2020 - The United States is one of the few high income countries not to apply economic evaluation routinely ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Sep 2020
NICE joins global alliance to shine spotlight on evidence-based health care
15 September 2020 - Tuesday 20 October will be the inaugural world evidence-based health care day. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2020
Thousands drop private health insurance after questioning its value
1 September 2020 - It's crunch time in many households, with money tighter than ever as the economic impact of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2020
Insurance coverage after job loss — the importance of the ACA during the Covid-associated recession
19 August 2020 - During the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. unemployment rate reached 14.7%, the highest level since the Great Depression. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2020
Addressing the challenges of implementing a Health Technology Assessment Policy Framework in South Africa
13 August 2020 - South Africa's commitment to progressively achieve universal health coverage can lead to the effective and appropriate use ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Aug 2020
Rare disease drugs strategy, standard coverage in CLHIA’s 2020 budget wish list
12 August 2020 - The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association is recommending the federal government develop a strategy for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2020
Ensuring access to emerging COVID-19 treatments through Medicare reimbursement policy
7 August 2020 - Effective pharmaceutical treatments for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are urgently needed, and there has been an explosion ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jul 2020
Debating drug prices in the shadow of coronavirus: access versus innovation. Can both sides win?
24 July 2020 - In fact, the pandemic has shown that both sides must win. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2020
Assessing quantitative comparisons of health and social care between countries
15 July 2020 - Cross-national comparisons in health care and social care may offer insight into quality and cost. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jul 2020
Bill Gates calls for COVID-19 meds to go to people who need them, not 'highest bidder'
11 July 2020 - Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates called for COVID-19 drugs and an eventual vaccine to be made available ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2020
So just who do we think qualifies for any COVID-19 vaccine?
9 July 2020 - How should we allocate scarce medical resources? ...