AJMC February 1, 2021
Gianna Melillo

With the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a rising number of uninsured Americans, and a new Democratic president and Senate majority, 2021 is shaping up to be a dynamic year for health care policy, according to the authors of a recent Health Affairs commentary.

As part of the National Academy of Medicine’s Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities for 2021 initiative, industry experts, including William H. Shrank, MD, chief medical and corporate affairs officer at Humana, and Nancy-Ann DeParle, JD, a managing partner and cofounder of Consonance Capital Partners, outlined health reforms that can lead to improved health care access, affordability, and equity in the United States.

Drawing on their collective backgrounds in...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), Congress / White House, Equity/SDOH, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Pricing / Spending, Provider, Public Exchange, Public Health / COVID
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