Hastings Center News
- Prioritize Children and Payments to Improve Health Equity
Posted on March 7, 2022
There is no single policy solution to advancing health equity, but we must prioritize children, said Paula Lantz, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, at the... - Advancing Health Equity is “Not Rocket Science”
Posted on February 28, 2022
A close relationship with patients that holistically addresses medical and social needs is crucial to advancing health equity, said Marshall Chin, a professor of healthcare ethics at the University of... - Remembering Andy Baxter, Dedicated Champion of Compassionate Care at the End of Life
Posted on February 28, 2022
The Hastings Center is saddened by the passing of Matthew A. (“Andy”) Baxter, a visionary and dedicated champion for better end of life care, who founded the Cunniff-Dixon Foundation, committed... - To Improve Health Equity, Look at Politics
Posted on February 22, 2022
Daniel Dawes, a key figure in shaping the Affordable Care Act, urged the audience at last month’s health care summit to look upstream and focus on the political and structural... - The Burglar at Midnight
Posted on February 11, 2022
David Williams, an internationally recognized Harvard scholar, showed how segregation is a driver of differences in income and education and how these racial inequities matter for life and health. He... - A “Breakdown in Humanity”
Posted on February 7, 2022
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson last month told an audience of over 2,600 people at the health equity summit co-convened by The Hastings Center that one of the consistent outcomes...
