This doesn’t mean that resources shouldn’t be spent on developing and eventually paying for coronavirus vaccines or Covid-19 treatments. It does, however, imply that policymakers be made aware of foregone alternative uses of resources.
Tener Veenema, a fellow at the American Academy of Nursing; and Diane Meyer, an analyst at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security explain why nurses were not prepared for Covid-19, and how systems can change to better handle future public health emergencies.
UnitedHealth Group will increase investments in affordable housing to $500 million to address social determinants of health as insurers intensify strategies to reduce costs and improve outcomes beyond covering traditional medical treatments.
As the coronavirus pandemic has forced businesses across the country to change the way they work, many employers have sought to support their workforces through investments in learning and development, or L&D.
The Senate has unanimously passed The Paycheck Protection Plan Flexibility Act. This new bill will provide greater guidance to small business owners seeking to have their loans forgiven. But the question continues to be whether it will be enough to help borrowers.
Finance leaders that are able to empathize with their team’s personal experiences and be human, through sharing humor or grief, forge these links with their team.