Blogs from the NYU Wagner Community

Tag: Health

    • 05/13/2013
      Big Pharma and Global Health
      The increasing importance of the pharmaceutical industry in global health and development Posted by Debbie Koh Take a moment to think about the last time you bought some medication. Maybe you went to your local Duane Reade/CVS/RiteAid to pick up an over-the-counter drug.
      – Wagner Health Policy and Management Program Blog
    • 02/28/2013
      What’s Going On With Health Care Costs?
      Posted by Joel Wittman Egads!  Is it truly possible?  Has the increase in health care costs been at its lowest in almost four decades?  And this in spite of the Baby Boomer generation fast approaching retirement age?  What could account for such a phenomenon and is it sustainable?  All relevant questions that have health care experts scratching their heads in search of answers and have politicians scrambling to enact programs to further the slow down in the increase in health care costs.
      – Wagner Health Policy and Management Program Blog
    • 02/04/2013
      Do Health Care and Profits Mix?
      Posted by: Joel Wittman  The debate continues: can a social service such as health care operate in a profit-generating mode?  Undoubtedly, there are fierce opinions on both the pro and con aspects of this question.
      – Wagner Health Policy and Management Program Blog
    • 01/23/2013
      Reducing Waste in Health Care
      Posted by: Joel Wittman  The discussions continue about the ways that  waste and overspending can be  restrained in our domestic health care system.  With health care expenditures soon to approach 20% of the GDP, the matter is increasingly more important.
      – Wagner Health Policy and Management Program Blog
    • 11/28/2012
      Health Reform to Stay the Bumpy Course
      Posted by: Joel Wittman As this is my first post since the presidential election, I thought that this would be a good time to look at how the ACA may play out.  Fierce Healthcare published an article about this soon after the election.
      – Wagner Health Policy and Management Program Blog
    • 11/26/2012
      The Drivers of Health Care Costs
      Posted by Joel Wittman With health care costs continuing to comprise a huge portion of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, efforts are ever-continuing to identify the drivers of these costs and, ultimately, devise methods to slow or decrease health care expenses.
      – Wagner Health Policy and Management Program Blog