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Kristin Wikelius On United States Of Care
Manage episode 225685185 series 78241
Kristin Wikelius is a Senior Policy Director with United States of Care and she joins us to discuss the vision of the organization, how illness and sickness can provide common ground for progress, and why Medicaid at the state level is a good place to start
Key Learnings
1. What is United States of Care and what is the mission & vision
2. Health and illness as a societal leveler independent of any other considerations
3. Initial goals of shifting healthcare debate from something defined by a single policy or party to something mission-driven
4. Defining Medicaid as a cornerstone of American healthcare
5. Dispelling misconceptions and negative connotations of Medicaid through personal stories.
6. Why a focus on Medicaid at the state level is the right approach in the near-term
7. How states are responding to possibility of Medicaid buy-in approach
8. What does success look like in this first phase & what’s working so far
9. Where has pushback come from & how are physicians responding
10. Recognizing that partisan divides at state level are much less pronounced than federal level & how this is an accelerant for progress
11. The value of elevating the stories we all carry around healthcare as a driver of progress
Links
United States of Care: www.unitedstatesofcare.org
Twitter: @usofcare
#healthcare, #healthcarereform, #medicaid, #newmexico, #unitedstatesofcare, #meded, #physician,
302 episodes
Manage episode 225685185 series 78241
Kristin Wikelius is a Senior Policy Director with United States of Care and she joins us to discuss the vision of the organization, how illness and sickness can provide common ground for progress, and why Medicaid at the state level is a good place to start
Key Learnings
1. What is United States of Care and what is the mission & vision
2. Health and illness as a societal leveler independent of any other considerations
3. Initial goals of shifting healthcare debate from something defined by a single policy or party to something mission-driven
4. Defining Medicaid as a cornerstone of American healthcare
5. Dispelling misconceptions and negative connotations of Medicaid through personal stories.
6. Why a focus on Medicaid at the state level is the right approach in the near-term
7. How states are responding to possibility of Medicaid buy-in approach
8. What does success look like in this first phase & what’s working so far
9. Where has pushback come from & how are physicians responding
10. Recognizing that partisan divides at state level are much less pronounced than federal level & how this is an accelerant for progress
11. The value of elevating the stories we all carry around healthcare as a driver of progress
Links
United States of Care: www.unitedstatesofcare.org
Twitter: @usofcare
#healthcare, #healthcarereform, #medicaid, #newmexico, #unitedstatesofcare, #meded, #physician,
302 episodes
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