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hashtag axios event or on twitter. in the next 45 minutes, we will unpack how the pandemic has changed trajectory of health care and what is it expected to happen over the next four years. our first guest here, to start unpacking this question with us is doctor robert blendon, professor of health policy at the school of public health. he is joining us from boca raton. welcome doctor. thank you for having me, caitlin. let s dive right in and start talking about, possibly, obviously, the number one health topic right now is the coronavirus. and let s talk about equity and disparities and can you just kind of outline one of the best things we can do from a policy perspective to help reduce the pain of the pandemic and to reduce the inequities associated with it over the next few months. first i want to be very unless a number of things are done under an emergency basis over the next six months. a lot of black and hispanic americans could die. there are a lot of things we c
on facebook, youtube, twitter and from axios.com. with theollow along @axios on twitter. we will unpack how the pandemic has changed the trajectory of healthcare and what is expected over the next four years. is dr. robertt blendon, professor of health policy at the school of public health. he is joining us from boca raton. welcome. thank you for having me. theet s start talking about number one health topic right now, the coronavirus. let s talk about equities and disparities. can you outline what are the best things we can do from a policy perspective to help reduce the pain of the pandemic and to reduce the inequities associated over the next few months? dr. blendon: first i want to be very cautious. a number of things are done under an emergency basis over the next six months. a lot of like and hispanic americans could die. there are a lot of things we can do about race inequity that are really important. i am really worried about the next six months. americansent black
plus is affected by these changes in our world. there s no part of the covid crisis that hits close to home for a lot of people. thank all of you who are following online. we would love for you to tweak along at hashed out axios events, and you can follow us on twitter at axios events. i would like to thank my events team colleagues who pulled this off, and caitlin owens who writes the daily axios vitals newsletter will be joining our conversation shortly. you can sign up for her newsletter. thanks again to aarp. let s plunge into earlier today i got to catch up with snort bill casey. here s our conversation. would like to thank arb for making this conversation possible. our next guest is senator bob casey of pennsylvania coming to us one of the country s most fascinating places, scranton. senator casey a lawyer is on the finance committee and on my favorite named senate committee, help, health education live and pensions. senator casey, thank you for joining this axios vir
casey pennsylvania and bill cassidy of louisiana discussing the impact of coronavirus in nursing homes. they look at the need for increased testing and adequate medical supplies for long-term care facilities. hello and welcome to an axios virtual event. i mike allen, cofounder of axios, and welcome to my home in arlington, virginia. i m right across the bridge from georgetown and at 76 degrees in here because i don t know how to fix my thermostat. today s axios virtual event is on a topic that hits very close to home to me, and a no for a lot of people in the audience. i d like to thank aarp for making this conversation possible. we are going to talk about nursing homes in this covid moment, and more broadly, how long-term care for people 65 plus is affected by these changes in our world. there s no part of the covid crisis that it s closer to home for a lot of people. thank all of you who are following online. we would love for you to tweet along at hashtag axios events, a