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A Bipartisan Reason to Save Obamacare

Tina Rosenberg

January 04, 2017 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

The Affordable Care Act has been one of the most contentious policies in recent history, with widespread disagreement between political parties. While it is typically viewed as a partisan issue, this article recognizes benefits that defy party lines, mainly in regards to the Act's attempts to increase innovation across the US Medical Industry, facilitating a value-based care model.

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How Cubans Live as Long as Americans at a Tenth of the Cost

James Hamblin

November 29, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: Cuba

Cuba spends $813 per person annually on health care and provides better care than the U.S., which spends $9,403 per person annually. In the Cuban health care system, doctors use regular checkups to identify at risk patients and give them preventive care, requiring more doctors and personalised care but saving the system money with fewer emergency visits.

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Silver Linings: Medical residents make house calls for elders

Gretchen M. Grosky

October 29, 2016 |

New Hampshire Union Leader |

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Response Location: United States, Concord, New Hampshire

Emergency room visits cost money and are not the most comfortable places to be. The Massachusetts-based Medicare program called Independence at Home gives doctors incentives to visit frail patients at home and received a cut of the cost. The program also pairs patients with social workers and continues to save Medicare millions of dollars.

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Longmont's Hopelight Medical Clinic providing free or low-cost care

Carah Wertheimer

October 18, 2016 |

Times-Call |

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Response Location: United States, Longmont, Colorado

In Longmont, Colorado the Hopelight Medical Clinic is fondly referred to as the "little clinic that could" since it provides services such as low-cost medical care, free wellness support groups, health counseling and after-school music and art classes. Based on a two-pronged approach of lessening the patient load on local hospitals while also creating a culture of collaboration amongst local doctors, the pilot program aims to treat those that are most impacted by the income gap.

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How a 27-Year-Old College Dropout Is Simplifying Health Care

Phillip Pantuso

October 13, 2016 |

Fortune |

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Response Location: United States

Navigating the health care industry can be difficult, especially when care is unexpectedly necessary and seeking treatment is reactive instead of proactive. Rally Health, a digital health company, is trying to change this phenomenon by creating better efficiency and patient engagement.

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Liberia after Ebola: Turning midwives into surgeons

Tlaleng Mofokeng

July 25, 2016 |

Al Jazeera |

Broadcast TV News |

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Response Location: Liberia

In Liberia, about 3 women die from complications due to childbirth every day. In a country that is drastically medically underserved, doctors are training midwives to perform Cesarean sections and resuscitate babies without help from a supervising physician. This solution is allowing more women to safely deliver their babies without having to wait for unavailable physicians who may not be able to respond quickly enough to save the lives of the mother and child.

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Connecting for rural health

JR Logan

July 18, 2016 |

The Taos News |

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Response Location: United States, Santa Rosa, New Mexico

Rural hospitals in New Mexico are isolated and scattered across the state, struggling to support low-income communities who have a difficult time getting access to their health care. In 2014, six hospitals banded together to create the New Mexico Rural Hospital Network, a cooperative effort to improve medical care across the small hospitals in the state. The Network has since scaled to ten hospitals and its system has benefited from the exchanges of ideas and an improvement in administrative efficiency.

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From Uruguay, a Model for Making Abortion Safer

Patrick Adams

June 28, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Uruguay

In Uruguay, illegality and stigma surrounding abortions resulted in problems with maternal mortality rates. Utilizing a unique solution, a medical protocol was created to provide initial information and followup care to women seeking abortions.

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Eradicating hepatitis C is within reach

Lindsey Anderson

May 16, 2016 |

El Paso Times |

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Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

Hepatitis C is a deadly disease that has yet to be eradicated in the United States (and worldwide). Organizations in El Paso and across the country are working to get people tested and treated for the virus.

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You told us these 99 ideas to help stop more drug overdose deaths

Erin Rhoda

May 16, 2016 |

Bangor Daily News |

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Response Location: United States, Bangor, Maine

The opioid epidemic continues to be a public concern and the One Life Project is hoping to help bring people together to develop solutions. At an open One Life event attendees wrote down 99 ideas and are now asking for information to add to the chart on who is working on what solution and where.

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