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A Medical and Scientific New Year’s Wish List

A Medical and Scientific New Year’s Wish List Opinion EDITORIAL Howard Bauchner, MD The last 4 years have been difficult for science and medicine. • A true national commitment to health care as a right and not The relentless attack by members of the executive and legisla- a privilege. tive branches of government on science and federal agencies • A national debate about a single-payer (Medicare for All), uni- that conduct science has shaken the fundamental pillars of versal health plan that includes private insurers, a public op- great US institutions such as the Centers for Disease Control and tion, further expansion of Medicaid, and lowering the age of Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Medicare to 60 years. Protection Agency, and in some regards the National Institutes • A true commitment to interoperability of EHRs that will likely of Health (NIH). Although the 2020 NIH budget increased to require federal legislation. almost $42 billion, more individuals are uninsured, and al- • Reducing administrative costs and eliminating barriers though health care costs have not increased substantially over to health care access to ensure that millions of individ- thepast4years,thefinancialhealthofmoststatesisinshambles uals can be insured without increasing overall health care because of the Great Pandemic of 2020, threatening the com- http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

A Medical and Scientific New Year’s Wish List

Bauchner, Howard
JAMA , Volume 325 (1) – Jan 5, 2021
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American Medical Association
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0098-7484
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10.1001/jama.2020.23346
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Opinion EDITORIAL Howard Bauchner, MD The last 4 years have been difficult for science and medicine. • A true national commitment to health care as a right and not The relentless attack by members of the executive and legisla- a privilege. tive branches of government on science and federal agencies • A national debate about a single-payer (Medicare for All), uni- that conduct science has shaken the fundamental pillars of versal health plan that includes private insurers, a public op- great US institutions such as the Centers for Disease Control and tion, further expansion of Medicaid, and lowering the age of Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Medicare to 60 years. Protection Agency, and in some regards the National Institutes • A true commitment to interoperability of EHRs that will likely of Health (NIH). Although the 2020 NIH budget increased to require federal legislation. almost $42 billion, more individuals are uninsured, and al- • Reducing administrative costs and eliminating barriers though health care costs have not increased substantially over to health care access to ensure that millions of individ- thepast4years,thefinancialhealthofmoststatesisinshambles uals can be insured without increasing overall health care because of the Great Pandemic of 2020, threatening the com-

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Published: Jan 5, 2021

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