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    Health Insurance Cost Sharing

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    Medicare for All: Sounds Good, but What Does It Mean?

    David Anderson, Jodi L. Liu @jodilliu, Mark W. Friedberg

    Nov 19, 2018

    Health Affairs Blog

    Traditional Medicare is popular and therefore can lend a good brand name to coverage expansion proposals, but its limits can be significant for some patients. Those proposing and evaluating “Medicare for All” proposals should consider whether and how these limits are addressed.

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    Mental Health, Gun Policy, Teen Vaping: RAND Weekly Recap

    Nov 16, 2018

    This weekly recap focuses on helping kids cope with trauma, a new research initiative on guns in America, increasing mental health awareness in L.A., and more.

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  • Wargaming at the U.S. Army Command and Staff College on Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,  March 9, 2018
    Wargaming

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    Building a Pipeline of Wargaming Talent: A Two-Track Solution

    Elizabeth M. Bartels @elliebartels

    Nov 15, 2018

    War on the Rocks

    How does the Department of Defense imagine the future of war and make long-term investments to confront the challenges ahead? On issues ranging from potential conflicts with Russia to the future of transportation and logistics, senior leaders have increasingly turned to wargames to imagine potential futures.

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  • Protesters gather to the #unteilbar demonstration in Berlin, Germany, October 13, 2018
    Migrants

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    Berlin Protests Highlight Need for Sound Employment Discrimination Laws in Germany

    Laura Kupe

    Nov 15, 2018

    American Institute for Contemporary German Studies

    Germany has a legal tradition and a strong constitution that promotes equality for all those living within its borders. That tradition could end up being a factor as German policymakers consider whether it is advantageous for the nation as a whole that the newest members of its society should have the necessary legal protections to succeed socially and economically.

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, March 20, 2018
    International Diplomacy

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    Could America Use Its Leverage to Alter the Saudis' Behavior?

    Ariane M. Tabatabai, Becca Wasser

    Nov 15, 2018

    Newsweek

    As the Saudis' chief political and military partner and the undisputed security guarantor in the Middle East, the United States has considerable influence it can wield over Saudi decisionmaking. The Trump administration could consider using its influence to encourage Saudi leadership to moderate its assertive and damaging policies abroad.

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  • AR-15 rifles are displayed for sale at the Guntoberfest gun show in Oaks, Pennsylvania, October 6, 2017
    Gun Violence

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    How U.S. Gun Laws Allow Mass Shooters to Slip Through

    Benjamin Bahney

    Nov 15, 2018

    Los Angeles Times

    The three most lethal domestic terrorist attacks since 9/11 were carried out with high-capacity semiautomatic weapons. None of the attackers were under 21 or were stoppable through criminal background checks. Restrictions on sales of semiautomatics would make it much harder for terrorists to obtain their most effective means of killing.

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  • Brian Michael Jenkins at the One Night with RAND event on November 8, 2018
    Counterterrorism

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    Reflecting on the Past to Counter Future Terrorism

    Nov 14, 2018

    One Night with RAND brought together leaders in business, government, academia, and philanthropy to pay tribute to Brian Michael Jenkins and mark his 50-year affiliation with RAND and his substantial body of research on terrorism. Jenkins and other experts discussed the evolution of terrorism and strategies for countering it in the future.

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017

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    What Does America's Political Polarization Mean for Competition with China?

    Timothy R. Heath

    Nov 9, 2018

    The Hill

    Political polarization in the United States potentially carries significant implications for America's strategic competition with China. Leaders in Washington will need to work to mitigate the effects of polarization and manage competition with China in a stable, effective manner.

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  • Veterans Health Care

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    Veterans, Infrastructure, Middle East: RAND Weekly Recap

    Nov 9, 2018

    This weekly recap focuses on the challenges facing veterans and their loved ones, a chance for bipartisan infrastructure policy, realignment in the Middle East, and more.

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    Workforce Development

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    The Case for Investing in a More Healthy and Engaged Health Workforce

    Christian Van Stolk, Marco Hafner

    Nov 8, 2018

    The RAND Blog

    Improving staff engagement leads to a variety of positive benefits. But defining and measuring engagement is not straightforward, and different demographic factors are associated with different levels of engagement. The National Health Service in England is looking at ways to increase engagement in its staff.

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    Social and Emotional Learning

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    Finding the Right Assessment Tool: Another Resource for Educators and Researchers

    Laura S. Hamilton, Brian M. Stecher

    Nov 7, 2018

    The Measuring SEL Blog

    To teach something effectively, educators need to determine whether their instructional approaches are working, and make adjustments to those approaches as needed. The Assessment Work Group and RAND have developed tools to assist educators in finding and using assessments to measure social and emotional learning and higher-order cognitive competencies.

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    Veterans Health Care

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    How Private Health Care Providers Could Better Serve Veterans

    Nov 7, 2018

    Almost a third of U.S. veterans live 40 miles or more from the nearest VA medical center, so the VA is trying to make it easier for them to use private providers closer to home. But it will take significant efforts to better prepare civilian doctors to deliver high-quality care to veterans.

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    Nurses and Nursing

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    On Nurse Staffing Ballot Measure, Massachusetts Voters Should Look to Evidence from California

    Mahshid Abir, Jason E. Goldstick, Rosalie Malsberger, Claude Messan Setodji

    Nov 2, 2018

    Health Affairs Blog

    Massachusetts residents will soon vote on the Patient Safety Act, a mandate to increase nurse-to-patient ratios in acute care facilities. Evaluating existing data on the impact of a similar nurse staffing law implemented in California in 2004 may help inform voters as they head to the polls.

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    Transportation Safety

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    The New AV Challenge: Creating a Universal Safety Framework

    Marjory S. Blumenthal @MarjorySB

    Nov 2, 2018

    Axios

    Autonomous vehicle developers are pursuing different safety strategies and technologies, making different claims, in different ways, about their systems. A universal framework could provide a more consistent and transparent view of progress in AV safety within and across the industry, better informing the public and policymakers.

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    Tree of Life, Social Media, Korea: RAND Weekly Recap

    Nov 2, 2018

    This weekly recap focuses on the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, countering Russian social media influence, how Korea could unify, and more.

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