Health economist Len Nichols on the ongoing need for health reform and equity

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 41 percent of U.S. adults had delayed emergency and routine health care by the end of June 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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In a year-long global pandemic, people are more concerned than ever with their own health care, and how to afford it. And many people are concerned about making it affordable to everyone.

Health economist Len Nichols has been working on this for close to three decades, and he shared his ideas — by remote connection — at a recent University of Minnesota Humphrey School event moderated by professor Larry Jacobs.

Nichols is a non-resident fellow at the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute, and a professor emeritus at George Mason University.

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