Tara Templin

Tara Templin is a Health Policy PhD candidate specializing in Health Economics at Stanford University. Before Stanford, she worked at the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) studying the allocation of financial resources for health.

An entrance sign to the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas, on October 4, 2014. The sign says “EMERGENCY” and points to the left. In the background we can see an American flag billowing against a brilliant clear blue sky. REUTERS/Jim Young
Governance

The Future of American Democracy Depends on Improving U.S. Health

by Thomas J. Bollyky, Tara Templin, Simon Wigley

The U.S. is in the grip of two pathologies, one afflicting human health and the other the health of the political system