On this episode, Natalie joins hosts Dr. Gautam Gulati, Dr. Jordan Shlain and Patricia Bradley to discuss the four goals for the healthcare system USOC identified by talking to people across the country. She describes the concerns Americans have around continuity of health coverage and the cost of care, offering insight on how to build policy solutions that work in the real world. Listen in to understand what Natalie has learned about using language that resonates with people and find out how you can help USOC build a healthcare system that is understandable and easy to navigate.
The pandemic called attention to disparities in the American healthcare system. So, what can we do to build a better, more equitable system? How do we design healthcare policy that works in the real world?
Natalie Davis is the Cofounder and CEO of United States of Care, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization committed to ensuring that every American has access to quality, affordable healthcare. Natalie’s career in healthcare began in 2005, and she worked in the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the Obama Administration before building USOC in 2018.
On this episode, Natalie joins hosts Dr. Gautam Gulati, Dr. Jordan Shlain and Patricia Bradley to discuss the four goals for the healthcare system USOC identified by talking to people across the country. She describes the concerns Americans have around continuity of health coverage and the cost of care, offering insight on how to build policy solutions that work in the real world. Listen in to understand what Natalie has learned about using language that resonates with people and find out how you can help USOC build a healthcare system that is understandable and easy to navigate.
Topics Covered
Connect with Natalie Davis
Connect with Dr. Gautam Gulati and Dr. Jordan Shlain
Resources
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
‘Pain and the Paintbrush: The Life and Art of Frida Kahlo’ in the AMA Journal of Ethics
United States of Care Voices of Real Life Council
USOC Health System Leadership Council
The Birth of the Clinic: An Archeology of Medical Perception by Michel Foucault
Liz Gilbert on Your Elusive Creative Genius
Introductory Quote
[7:12] “We are a young organization—nonpartisan, nonprofit—with a mission to ensure everyone has access to quality, affordable healthcare. We believe that policy change is one of the ways that we need to ensure that everybody does have that access to quality care, and so, a lot of our work is at the state and federal level to change policy and legislation to ensure that people can have the access to care that they need.”