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Real health care problems deserve realistic policy solutions

Straightforward analysis of the nation’s health care and how to improve it.

Video

Atul Grover, MD, PhD, explains current perspectives on national life expectancy, and how examining preventable causes of death can add years of American life.

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Recent Publications

Issue Brief

A review of New York’s efforts to recruit providers to rural areas and suggestions for improvements to rural health workforce policy.

May 1, 2025
Line graph showing new New York-trained physicians going into rural practice by graduate type
Op-ed

Atul Grover, MD, PhD, and Jonathan Jaffery, MD, MS, MMM, discuss misrepresentations of health system consolidation and why provider adaption is crucial.

Nov. 1, 2024
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Data Snapshot

An analysis of the impact on national life expectancy from three preventable causes of death highlights opportunities to add years of life for Americans.

Oct. 2, 2024
Death rates by cause of death.