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JAMA Forum: The 2018 Midterm Election Results and Health Care

By Gail Wilensky, Ph.D. | January 3, 2019
Gail Wilensky, Ph.D.

With the midterm elections receding, the country’s attention is already focused on 2020 and the most likely candidate to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. No matter which candidate it is, health care and the future direction of health care in the United States is likely to have a major role in the election—just as it…

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  • About
    • Short Bio
    • Resume
  • HEALTHCARE COMMENTARIES
    • Health Affairs
      • Closing the Medicaid Coverage Gap March 2020
      • Consumer-Driven Health Plans Early Evidence and Potential Impact on Hospitals January 2006
      • Crisis Facing HCFA & Millions of Americans January 1999
      • Developing A Center For Comparative Effectiveness Information November 7 2006
      • Developing A Viable Alternative January 2014
      • Developing A Viable Alternative to Medicare’s Physician Payment Strategy January 2014
      • Dont Forget About The Social Determinants Of Health January 16 2009
      • Foundation Funding to Educate Train and Expand the Health Professions Workforce January 2013
      • Foundation Funding to Improve Rural Health Care December 2019
      • Gain Sharing A Good Concept Getting A Bad Name December 5 2006
      • Health Costs And Financing Challenges and Strategies For A New Administration February 2021
      • Incremental Health System Reform Where Medicare Fits In Spring 1995
      • INCREMENTAL STEPS TOWARD HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM Spring 1995
      • Medicare Whats Right Whats Wrong Whats Next January 1999
      • Paying For Graduate Medical Education The Debate Goes On March 2001
      • Paying For Health Care In Retirement Workers’ Knowledge of Benefits and Expenses July 14 2004
      • Paying For Performance Medicare Should Lead November 2003
      • Regulators Math December 2015
      • Some Thoughts On Choice And Satisfaction
      • The Obama Plan September 16 2008
      • The Policies And Politics Of Creating a Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research Center June 25 2009
      • The Twin Policy Challenges Of Medicare Physician Payment and Medicaid July 26 2005
      • Thinking Outside The Box A Conversation With John Breaux March 5 2003
    • NEJM PERSPECTIVES
    • JAMA Forum
    • JAMA Viewpoint
    • Eye on Washington
    • The Milbank Quarterly
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    • Ripon Society
    • Opinion
    • Future of Medicare Q&A
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  • Policy Lessons from Our Covid Experience October 22, 2020
  • The Importance of Reestablishing a Pandemic Preparedness Office at the White House July 9, 2020
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