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August 9, 2017 | Philadelphia Inquirer

Penn study looks at the emotional impact of a dementia diagnosis

New research from Penn has found that patients who understood they had mild cognitive impairment or mild Alzheimer’s disease, often a precursor to dementia, were less satisfied with their quality of life than people who were unaware of their diagnoses.

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July 26, 2017

Shopping for Health Insurance? Buyer Beware, Especially If You Have Cancer

Laura Yasaitis, PhD, Dan Polsky, PhD and Justin E. Bekelman, MD argue for more transparency from insurance providers in light of their study, which shows that narrow-network plans commonly exclude NCI-designated cancer centers.

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July 25, 2017 | USA Today

GOP health bill pits freedom of choice against freedom from fear

Ezekiel Emanuel: There is no way to sugarcoat it. Freedom not to have health insurance for some means the loss of freedom to have health insurance for others.

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New Faculty

Matthew McCoy

Matthew McCoy , PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
mmcco@mail.med.upenn.edu
Atheendar Venkataramani

Atheendar Venkataramani , MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
atheenv@mail.med.upenn.edu
Media Feature
July 14, 2017
An Architect of Obamacare Keeps Fighting the Fight

Ezekiel Emanuel advised the Obama Administration on the A.C.A. Now he’s meeting with a new White House, to try to keep health as the focus of a new health-care bill.

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