Achieving an Equitable US Health System, COVID-19 in the MENA Region, and More

December 15, 2020

Behind poorer and inequitable health outcomes in America lies inadequate access to quality care and unacceptable differences in resources and health conditions related to income, race, and location. In his Blueprints paper, Stuart Butler recommends a three-pronged strategy to provide accessible care to all Americans.

“[F]or the region as a whole, the pain caused by the pandemic will be immediate and tangible, whereas any potential downstream gains will be delayed and diffuse. The disease will likely impact the MENA region directly for several years to come and indirectly for even longer,” write Robert Beschel Jr. and Tarik Yousef.

When will the U.S. economy recover after the greatest recession in a century? Thomas Mitterling, Nirai Tomass, and Kelsey Wu project that it will take several years for American consumers to get to pre-pandemic spending levels.

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