
Kate McEvoy: How Medicaid Is Driving Healthcare Innovation
04/04/24 • 31 min
Howie and Harlan are joined by Kate McEvoy, executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, to discuss the programs’ underappreciated advances in holistically addressing health, housing, and food security. Reflecting on the upcoming election, Harlan notes that facts matter, whether in medicine or politics. Howie reports on the dangers of glyoxylic acid in hair straightening products.
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Kidney Injury and Hair-Straightening Products Containing Glyoxylic Acid
Howie and Harlan are joined by Kate McEvoy, executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, to discuss the programs’ underappreciated advances in holistically addressing health, housing, and food security. Reflecting on the upcoming election, Harlan notes that facts matter, whether in medicine or politics. Howie reports on the dangers of glyoxylic acid in hair straightening products.
Links:
“Trump Leads Biden in Six of Seven Swing States, WSJ Poll Finds”
“Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power”
“The Forgotten History of Hitler’s Establishment Enablers”
The Future of Health Policy in a Partisan United States
“Netflix blockbuster ‘3 Body Problem’ divides opinion and sparks nationalist anger in China”
“The Future of American Democracy Depends on Improving U.S. Health”
Kidney Injury and Hair-Straightening Products Containing Glyoxylic Acid
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