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Critical Condition: How to Save the ER

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By Mahshid Abir
| RAND Corporation
Deanna Lee You're listening to Policy Minded, a podcast by RAND. I'm Deanna Lee. Today, we're taking you inside America's emergency rooms, which handle up to 140 million visits each year. ERs serve as the front line of the nation's health care system and as its health care safety net. But the viability of emergency care as we know it is at risk. Here to tell us why is Dr. Mahshid Abir. She's a policy researcher at RAND and a practicing emergency physician. Dr. Abir, thanks for being here.
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Needed: Blueprint for a U.S. Health System Overhaul

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By Mahshid Abir, Megan Andrew, Kelly Klima, Leslie Payne
| RAND Corporation
The U.S. health system is broken. Challenges with insufficient capacity and access, ensuring care quality and timeliness, and curbing costs have persisted for decades, coming to a head during the COVID-19 pandemic. Long wait times for receiving primary and specialty care lead people to emergency departments—often by the time their condition has worsened—where they may wait for hours to be seen and days to get a hospital bed if they require hospitalization.
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Why U.S. Public Health Needs Employers at the Table

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By Mahshid Abir
| RAND Corporation
The U.S. economic engine runs on the health of its workforce. Yet, for all the talk about GDP growth and global competitiveness, we ignore the role of public health in sustaining economic vitality. It's time to change that. U.S. employers should become central players in the public health system, not just passive beneficiaries. The CDC, NIH, and FDA set national standards, while state and local health departments carry out the day-to-day work.
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