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Merrill Goozner served as Editor of Modern Healthcare from December 2012 to April 2017. As Editor Emeritus, he continues to write a weekly column, participate in Modern Healthcare education, events and awards programs and provide guidance on coverage related to healthcare transformation issues. Over the course of his four decades in journalism, he served as a foreign, national and chief economics correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and professor of journalism at New York University. He is the author of The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs (University of California Press, 2004), and has contributed articles to numerous publications. Goozner earned a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor's in history from the University of Cincinnati, where he received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2008.

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A final word

In his final column for Modern Healthcare, Merrill Goozner reflects on more than eight years of writing about healthcare policy and politics.

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The next chapter in insurance reform

Lawmakers are gearing up for another round in the nation’s never-ending fight over how to make health insurance universal and affordable. Here’s my advice. Stop putting patches on a broken system.

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The FDA needs a public health visionary

Restoring faith in the Food and Drug Administration will take more than simply changing who sits in the Oval Office.

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A better approach to delivering on the promises of Obamacare

The only way to avoid endless fights over healthcare and get to near universal enrollment is to make Obamacare plans—and all employer-based plans—truly affordable for individuals and families.

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Go big on pandemic relief

President Joe Biden and his economic advisers, many from the Obama administration, have learned from experience. That’s why they’re pushing for adequately sized relief on all fronts.

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When raising hospital prices in a pandemic makes sense

Want to know who raised hospital prices in the middle of the pandemic? Every hospital in Maryland, and the state seems fairly happy with the results.

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Biden's COVID-19 plan 
a test of American resolve

President Joe Biden’s heartfelt plea for national unity will be immediately tested by the American people in how they respond to his plan for ending the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare groups should end all political donations—permanently

Now is not the time to suspend some campaign contributions by healthcare organizations. Now is the time to permanently end them all. And, in the spirit of unity, to candidates from both parties.

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Let's test the one-shot vaccine strategy

With limited supplies for at least the next six months, single-dose vaccination allows more people to get their shots during the initial phases of the campaign. And there’s some science backing that approach.

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President Biden will face conflict between competition, capitation

The incoming administration faces a stark choice. It can dramatically expand antitrust enforcement and rely on competition to drive down costs, or vigorously pursue payment reform and aggressively push providers into risk-based pay arrangements.

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Public health advances top Merrill Goozner's wish list to Santa

Merrill Goozner is asking Santa for some public health goodies this year, along with insurance coverage for all. Also on the list: moving all providers to value-based pay arrangements and ending surprise billing.

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Restoring trust in public health agencies

Confidence will be greatly advanced by guaranteeing that power-hungry politicians and self-interested corporations will never again be allowed to override science in determining what best serves the public interest.

U.S. needs database closely tracking all vaccine adverse events

Pfizer’s premature vaccine announcement, even though it does look promising, is like heralding an election outcome based on day-of voting and not waiting for the mail-in votes to be counted.

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Healthcare legislation faces dim chances with divided Congress

Legal challenges could keep the presidential race up in the air for weeks. But no matter who eventually occupies the White House, the next president faces a divided Congress, which makes passing major healthcare legislation an unlikely prospect. 

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Deal with the virus first

Post election, one way or another, healthcare will be the first order of business when the new Congress convenes next January.

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