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Podcast: A Health Podyssey
Episode: What the Biden administration urgently needs to address in health care
Description: In the February 2021 edition, Health Affairs presented a collection of papers from the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) for their Vital Directions for Health and Health Care project.While originally established in 2016, NAM reassessed its priorities and found a vastly different health care landscape in 2020. Not only had the COVID-19 pandemic ripped through the health care ecosystem nationwide, but issues regarding maternal health, mental health, and elder care surfaced as pressing concerns. And, as always, health costs and financing was flagged for appraisal.But, as Dr. Victor Dzau, president of the National Academy of Medicine...