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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP recently declared, “I (WE!) just won the War on the Climate Change Hoax.” According to his social-media post, “Bill Gates has finally admitted that he was completely WRONG on ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront series titled “New Challenges for Health Care.” The series of articles focuses on emerging issues that are facing decision makers at provider ...