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Explore " universal coverage" with insightful episodes like "A Path Forward: Achieving Universal Coverage", "Health economists may be getting the supply-and-demand framework all wrong", "How Will America Reopen? A Bioethicist Weighs In." and "The Lancet: March 02, 2012" from podcasts like ""UnitedHealth Group Weekly Dose Podcast", "A Health Podyssey", "Aspen Ideas to Go" and "The Lancet in conversation with"" and more!

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A Path Forward: Achieving Universal Coverage

UnitedHealth Group is committed to a future where every person has access to high-quality, affordable health care and a modern, high-performing health system that reduces disparities, improves outcomes and lessens the burden of disease.

This is the first episode in a three-part deep dive into A Path Forward, UnitedHealth Group's policy solutions that offer a refreshed perspective for how to modernize the health system to:

Achieve universal coverage by building on and strengthening the current system.
Make health care affordable by accelerating value-based care, using high-value sites of service, reforming prescription drug pricing and eliminating wasteful spending.
Transform the health care experience by focusing on equity and addressing disparities, expanding and diversifying the health care workforce and empowering consumers and clinicians with actionable information.

The first episode in our three-part series features Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, and Kristi Henderson, CEO of Optum Everycare, who discuss how to expand access to coverage and care in the U.S., including through innovative coverage and virtual capabilities.

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UnitedHealth Group Weekly Dose Podcast

enSeptember 12, 2022

Health economists may be getting the supply-and-demand framework all wrong

Learn more about academic opportunities in Health Policy and Law at UCSF and UC Law San Francisco.

Have health economists been underestimating supply-side constraints when making predictions regarding cost and utilization for universal health coverage programs, such as Medicare For All? That's certainly what Dr. Adam Gaffney, a pulmonary specialist from Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School, and colleagues posit in a new policy paper published in the January 2021 issue of Health Affairs.

As Gaffney and co-authors note in their paper, "focusing only on the impact of health care reform on government expenditures is short-sighted." On the supply side, there's a natural limit to doctor and nurses' time as well as the number of hospital beds in a given facility.

Their analysis suggest that while first-dollar universal coverage expansion would increase ambulatory visits by about 7-10% and hospital use by about 0-3%, modest administrative savings could offset the costs of these increases.

On this episode of A Health Podyssey, Alan Weil and Adam Gaffney take listeners through health reform economics 101 before sharing the implications of the paper, ultimately questioning whether health reform is too focused on a demand-side framework.

enJanuary 25, 2021

How Will America Reopen? A Bioethicist Weighs In.

Zeke Emanuel was an architect of the Affordable Care Act, which turned 10-years-old this spring. With 22 million people unemployed in America because of the coronavirus pandemic, is universal coverage needed now more than ever? Emanuel says in such an uncertain environment, people are craving security. He thinks the pandemic will lead the Federal Government to rethink the importance of safety net programs like universal coverage. Emanuel, a bioethicist and oncologist, shares his thoughts on what needs to happen for America to reopen. He speaks with Perri Peltz, a documentary filmmaker, journalist, and public health advocate. The views and opinions of the speakers in the podcast do not necessarily reflect those of the Aspen Institute.

en-usApril 21, 2020