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Health Care Payment Approaches
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Why States' 'Netflix Model' Prescription Drug Arrangements Are No Silver Bullet
Harry H. Liu, Andrew W. Mulcahy
Jul 1, 2020
Health Affairs Blog
Despite the buzz and catchy notion that subscription models are “Netflix for drugs,” it's hard to come up with a theoretical case that supports subscription models over traditional price negotiation between payers and manufacturers over a per-dose or per-unit price.
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North Korea
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Is North Korea Prepared to End the Korean War?
Bruce W. Bennett @bwbennett, Soo W. Kim @mllesookim
Jun 29, 2020
The National Interest
The end of the Korean War and peace on the peninsula are no more likely to occur as the result of a peace agreement than has North Korean denuclearization occurred as the result of multiple denuclearization agreements. Ultimately, North Korean objectives matter, and real peace does not appear to be part of those objectives.
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Catastrophic Liability Risk Management
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Is It Time for a Federal Pandemic Insurance Program?
Lloyd Dixon, Bethany Saunders-Medina
Jun 26, 2020
The RAND Blog
Insurance companies for the most part are not contractually obligated to cover the enormous business interruption losses caused by social distancing and stay-at-home orders. How should the United States, as a society, design a system for risk spreading and compensation for pandemics, and what roles should insurance and government play in that system?
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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The Postal Service, Election Security, Reducing Child Deaths: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 26, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on the role of the U.S. Postal Service, preparing for the presidential election, reducing child deaths in Nigeria, and more.
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Small Businesses
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Small Businesses Need the Right Kind of Help to Survive the Economic Impact of COVID-19
Joanna Hofman @JoannaBHofman
Jun 26, 2020
The RAND Blog
Small and medium-sized companies are less equipped than large ones to weather the devastating effects of the pandemic. What could policymakers do to help these businesses get the help they need?
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Small Businesses
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A Path to Recovery from COVID-19 for Small Businesses
C. Richard Neu, Diana Gehlhaus, Howard J. Shatz @HowardJShatz
Jun 25, 2020
The RAND Blog
The COVID-19 pandemic has hammered small businesses around the United States. We spoke with 21 small business owners to learn more about the challenges they are facing and how they might best be helped.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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What Elinor Ostrom Teaches Us About Avoiding the 'Tragedy of the Commons' in Delivering the Public Interest in the Post COVID-19 World
Tom Ling
Jun 22, 2020
European Evaluation Society
The public interest can be an elusive concept, especially when trying to distinguish between shared and individual interests, a problem brought into sharper focus as we try to find the right path to a post COVID-19 world. Governments are seeking to do the best for their societies with limited information. As more data is being acquired, how can public policy achieve common interest?
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Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Keep Voters Healthy. Keep Elections Secure. Can the U.S. Do Both?
Quentin E. Hodgson @QHodgson, Jennifer Kavanagh @jekavanagh
Jun 22, 2020
The Baltimore Sun
U.S. adversaries have stepped up cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns. The United States should expect these foes to take advantage of the logistical challenges of voting in a COVID-19 world to redouble their efforts against elections.
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Police-Community Relations
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Protests and Police Reform, Facial Recognition, Gun Policies: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 19, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on protests and police reform after the killing of George Floyd, facial recognition bans, gun policies that likely reduce deaths, and more.
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Police-Community Relations
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Protests and Police Reform: Q&A with RAND Experts
Jun 18, 2020
The RAND Blog
After the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis and subsequent nationwide protests, the United States is seeing urgent action to reform policing. Here are insights from four RAND researchers who work on policing and community safety issues.
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Emerging Technologies
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Bans on Facial Recognition Are Naive. Hold Law Enforcement Accountable for Its Abuse
Osonde A. Osoba @OsondeOsoba, Douglas Yeung @DouglasCYeung
Jun 17, 2020
The Hill
Broader police reform may be difficult to achieve. But in the long run, it will be more effective than any specific technology ban.
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Social Services and Welfare
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Long-Term Furloughs During COVID-19 Hold Risks for Employee Health and Well-Being
Carol Black, Christian Van Stolk
Jun 15, 2020
The Council for Work and Health
Governments around the world have offered furlough schemes to try to delay employers from making any restructuring decisions during the pandemic. The aims of such programs are laudable. But they may come with unintended consequences.
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Work-Family Conflicts
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Working Moms at Risk of Being Left Behind in Economic Recovery
Melanie A. Zaber, Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist
Jun 11, 2020
United Press International
At the start of 2020, even before the coronavirus pandemic upended daily life, being a working parent was a challenge. To the extent that the pandemic may intensify the perception of parenting being at odds with work, there may be devastating career consequences for both today's and tomorrow's working mothers.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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A Message from Our President and CEO, America's Wealth Gap, Disinformation: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 5, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on doing more to address systemic inequalities and structural racism, paying the bills during COVID-19, America's growing wealth gap, and more.
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Work-Family Conflicts
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Reopened Offices Won’t Mean Back-to-Normal for Caregivers
Heather J. Williams, Bobbi Thomason
Jun 4, 2020
CNN
As some workplaces start to reopen and work-from-home guidelines relax, corporate leaders may hope things will quickly get back to normal. But for employees who are also caregivers, that's likely not going to be the case.
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Taiwan
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Is the '1992 Consensus' Fading Away in the Taiwan Strait?
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Jun 3, 2020
The Diplomat
For nearly 30 years, China has routinely touted Taiwan's recognition of the 1992 Consensus as the sole basis for maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. However, the consensus may hold less relevance for both sides today than in the past.
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