Ten Actions For Better Post-Pandemic Health Care In The United States

David Beier
1 min readJul 23, 2020

We’ve all seen photos — like the extraordinary image below students on the Brooklyn waterfront — of how American society adapted to pandemic conditions in 1918. And yet a study of history suggests the 1918 flu led to few meaningful health care reforms. That’s a mistake we can’t afford this time. In a new Health Affairs article with Bob Kocher and Avik Roy I outline a set of policy ideas to ensure today’s lessons stick. Steps like continuing funding for telemedicine and adding items like loan repayment for national service to future stimulus packages can make a big difference. I hope you’ll have a look and let me know your thoughts.

Photo credit: Library of Congress, via NY Times

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David Beier
David Beier

Written by David Beier

Managing Director, Bay City Capital, San Francisco, CA. Previously Chief Domestic Policy to Vice President Al Gore. Senior corporate officer DNA and Amgen

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