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  • The Netherlands has universal health insurance — and it's all private

    Dylan Scott

    January 17, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Netherlands

    Health care in the Netherlands relies heavily on the collaboration, cooperation, and shared responsibility between private markets and government regulations to achieve affordable, consistent, and quality care for patients. Although the system is not without its limitations, this process has helped the country avoid preventable deaths while also guaranting nearly all residents insurance.

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  • Two sisters. Two different journeys through Australia's health care system.

    Dylan Scott

    January 15, 2020 |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    Australia's hybrid system of both private and public health care offers, literally, something for everyone in the country. Although there are questions about the longevity of the private sector of insurance as it pertains to the future, and the universal public health system leaves something to be desired especially as it pertains to equitably cover everyone, "in the aggregate, the system works very well."

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  • Taiwan's single-payer success story — and its lessons for America

    Dylan Scott

    January 13, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    Taiwan's single-payer health care model has helped to guarantee health care access to everyone in the country, no matter their socioeconomic status, geographical location or pre-exisitng conditions. Although the model evolved from a once-broken system, the idea of "one national health insurance plan, run by the government, covering everybody" quickly grew in popularity due to its simplicity, comprehensive benefit structure, and relatively low and consistent premiums.

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  • America's sexual education system is broken. Can this chatbot be the solution?

    Delia Paunescu

    November 17, 2019 |

    Vox |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Planned Parenthood and other organizations are developing new ways to deliver sex education to students. While creators recognize their tools aren't comprehensive solutions, they see chatbots, videos, and other sources as supplements to the current school curricula.

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  • Wildfires and blackouts mean Californians need solar panels and microgrids

    David Roberts

    October 28, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Localized, distributed energy systems are popping up around California. As the larger electricity system becomes less reliable in the face of wildfires, more individuals are turning to microgrids and solar energy with help from organizations like Clean Coalition and Stone Edge Farm Microgrid. While still happening on a small scale, such energy systems may become more popular as its sustainability in a changing climate shows to be more resilient.

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  • Affordable housing is disappearing. So cities are designating parking lots to sleep in.

    Matthew Zeitlin

    October 11, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Barbara, California

    Cities like Santa Barbara are creating "Safe Parking Programs" that designate certain parking lots as safe and legal for residents living in their cars to park at night. An organized intake procedure on-site attempts to connect these homeless residents with relevant resources.

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  • The gun solution we're not talking about

    Madeline Marshall

    September 11, 2019 |

    Vox |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    While most Americans and politicians from across the partisan aisle support universal background checks for firearm purchases, that system has shown to not be as effective as many think. Instead, states are implementing licensing systems that require individuals wanting to buy a gun to take safety courses, apply with local law enforcement, provide references, and have their background checked. States that have such systems in place have seen a steady decline in gun homicides and suicides.

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  • Do plastic bag taxes or bans curb waste? 400 cities and states tried it out.

    Matthew Zeitlin

    August 27, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Across the world, countries are reckoning with its astounding single-use plastic bag waste by instituting legislation that taxes or all-out bans them. Research has shown that taxing the bags has been a more effective strategy with less unintended consequences, as banning often leads to a sharp increase in thicker plastics or paper bags. In places that have instituted the tax, they’ve seen a 40 percent decrease in usage, and arguably more importantly, a cultural shift away from single-use plastics.

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  • This country gave all its rivers their own legal rights

    Sigal Samuel

    August 18, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    As countries look to new ways to best conserve rivers, several are testing out a methodology of giving human rights to the bodies of water. Although not without challenges, this solution offers a way for those harming rivers to be held accountable to any damage they caused, same as if they were harming another human being.

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  • America has a housing segregation problem. Seattle may just have the solution.

    Dylan Matthews

    August 04, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    A group of economics researchers and county officials in the Seattle area teamed up to create a more comprehensive approach to housing vouchers. Rather than simply provide a rental voucher, the city piloted a program that included information about the city's areas of economic and social opportunity, increasing the number of families that moved into higher-economic regions of the city.

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