Health Policy Is Economic Policy

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As U.S. policymakers work to limit the extent of the coronavirus outbreak and its damage to the economy, the spread of the virus has exposed cracks in the nation's public health infrastructure - from delays in testing to nonsensical healthcare pricing.

Today on the show, epidemiologist Dr. Maria Sundaram offers three public health policies that could help the U.S. fight off coronavirus and better prepare for future outbreaks.

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