Gil Bashe, Chair Global Health and Purpose with FINN Partners, writes about “The U.S. Health Paradox,” noting, “This is not a crisis of scarcity. It is a crisis of priorities.” I’m grateful for his quoting me in this important essay: “Health economist Jane Sarasohn-Kahn has long argued that trust and continuity are as critical as any clinical intervention: when people feel unseen by the system, they disengage. She notes, “If the system doesn’t act as if it knows you, you will stop acting like you know the system.”
Jane quoted in Gil Bashe essay on “The U.S. Health Paradox” – If the system doesn’t act as if it knows you, you will stop acting like you know the system”
By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn on 25 July 2025 in
Jane will be working with EU- and UK-based clients in September and October 2026, collaborating with stakeholders in digital health, public/community health, retail health, and growing opportunities for health-at-home. Stay tuned to her updates here on Health Populi on-the-ground as she lives the digital nomadic work-life in Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and in London.
I was grateful to be Jasmine's first conversation-guest on her new podcast, "Aperture - Widen the Frame," where this expert in narrative medicine is bringing together the broad range of voices to sit at the table and address what health care needs: those humans in the health-system-loop who address health equity and empathy along with delivering evidence-based medicine for all.
Jane joined host Dr. Geeta "Dr. G" Nayyar and colleagues to brainstorm the value of vaccines for public and individual health in this challenging environment for health literacy, health politics, and health citizen grievance. Click onto the Pfizer Value of Vaccines site and you can watch four episodes covering the challenges with adult vaccination, the employer and health plan member's journey to vaccination, reimbursement, and collaborating for proactive prevention.