Special Podcast Episode Ft. Elizabeth Mitchell, CEO of Pacific Business Group on Health

In this blog, based on a special episode of our podcast, we hear from Elizabeth Mitchell, President & CEO of the Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH). Elizabeth discusses the role large employers are playing in the healthcare system. From identifying unnecessary costs to focusing on advanced primary care, she explains the ways in which PBGH helps members achieve high quality care and better patient experience for their employees.

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Post-Pandemic Solutions:  A Public Option for Universal Healthcare

The coronavirus pandemic overtook the end of the Democratic primary season and amplified the focus on the remaining candidates’ healthcare platforms. Throughout the primaries, the public option platform has faced criticism that it will simply maintain the status quo. This criticism inspired Rosemarie Day to write this piece, because a large-scale public option program could actually help to reshape the US healthcare system and result in improvements in access to care in this country, ultimately getting us to universal healthcare.

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Primary Care Transformation in a COVID-19 World: Addressing the Changing Health Needs of Our Most Vulnerable Patients

The economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will have far-reaching implications on our health system, particularly for primary care. This whitepaper highlights how population health principles and patient-centered access and quality of care standards can be used as a framework to support primary care providers in taking quick action to keep vulnerable patients healthy during (and beyond) the pandemic.

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