Meeting

Payments and Politics of Primary Health Care

Friday, October 22, 2021
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Speakers
Melinda Abrams

Executive Vice President, Programs, The Commonwealth Fund

David Blumenthal

The Commonwealth Fund

Presider
Tom Frieden

Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations

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