{"id":124434,"date":"2017-10-20T10:18:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T10:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tpgold.com\/?p=124434"},"modified":"2017-10-19T04:51:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T04:51:35","slug":"health-care-reform-and-the-issues-we-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tpgold.com\/?p=124434","title":{"rendered":"Health Care Reform, and the Issues We Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach the election this fall, it seems like the news media report on little else. Unfortunately, too little news coverage addresses health care reform. That&#039;s wackadoo, because there is still so much to be done to improve the cost, quality, and access for patients within the US health care system.<\/p>\n<p>So let&#039;s talk about the major health policy issues we in the US face. This is Healthcare Triage News.<\/p>\n<p>This episode was adapted from a post Aaron wrote for the JAMA Forum. 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