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Being Seriously Ill In the U.S.
Financial and Healthcare Impacts

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BEING SERIOUSLY ILL IN THE U.S.: Financial and Healthcare Impacts
Presented in collaboration with The Commonwealth Fund
Brief Video Highlight

What is it like to be seriously ill in America today? From heavy financial burdens — despite insurance —  to varied hospital experiences, to impacts on caregivers, people with serious illnesses shared their experiences through a recent poll by the New York Times, the Commonwealth Fund, and the Harvard Chan School. The findings carry significant implications for national debates on basic health insurance requirements and on the reach of programs such as Medicare. In this Forum, a panel of experts unpacked the poll findings, as well as explored practical ways in which health systems can change to help the most ill Americans.

Part of: Policy Controversies.

Presented in collaboration with The Commonwealth Fund

Image Credit: ©iStockphoto.com/STEEX

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Moderator

Margot Sanger-Katz
Correspondent, The New York Times

Expert Participants

Toyin Ajayi
Chief Health Officer and Co-Founder, Cityblock

Robert Blendon
Richard L. Menschel Professor of Public Health and Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis, Emeritus, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Eric Schneider
Senior Vice President for Policy and Research, The Commonwealth Fund

Robert Master
Founder and Former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Care Alliance

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