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Jon Oberlander
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UNC-Chapel Hill professor in Social Medicine and Health Policy & Management, Editor of Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law, 80s music fanatic
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US public health is in crisis. In this special JHPPL issue edited by @oberlanderunc.bsky.social & @sarahgollust.bsky.social, you’ll find articles that help contextualize the erosion of public health infrastructure & adoption of policies harmful to public health. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/advanc...
Advance Publication | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
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October 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The One Big Beautiful Bill is a big step back for US health policy. My take in @nejm.org

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July 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Happy 60th birthday to Medicare and Medicaid! Hang in there, I hear 60 is the new 40
July 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
New in JHPPL: special issue marking Medicare’s 60th anniversary.

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Volume 50 Issue 4 | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
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July 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Great upcoming (and all too timely, given current events) panel on Medicaid with authors from @jhppl.bsky.social special issue
June 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Josh Hawley would like a word with House Republicans on Medicaid

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Opinion | Josh Hawley: Don’t Cut Medicaid
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May 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Academic SOS (RIP, paper assignments)
In only two years, ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.

James D. Walsh writes for @intelligencer.com: nymag.com/intelligence....
May 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
How is this Final 4 different than all others? With Todd Golden, Bruce Pearl & Jon Scheyer, it’s looking a lot like a Passover Seder of NCAA coaches
March 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Any good resources out there on what to do if you receive a NIH termination notice? Asking not for me but a friend
March 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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So many organizations I’ve had the privilege of working with received termination letters from USAID this week. Here’s an estimate of how many lives may be lost as a result, in South Africa alone: >500k additional deaths, >500k new infections
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Potential Clinical and Economic Impacts of Cutbacks in the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Program in South Africa: A Modeling Analysis: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0
Background: Future U.S. congressional funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program is uncertain. Objective: To evaluate the clinical and economic impacts of abruptly sca...
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March 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Inbox: Medicaid at 60 issue of @jhppl.bsky.social just dropped. How timely. 😭 But seriously, read the amazing scholarship in this issue for in-depth understanding of the program's past, present, & future. @oberlanderunc.bsky.social @ericpatashnik.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...
Volume 50 Issue 2 | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
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February 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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With a looming threat to Medicaid, @jhppl.bsky.social's
special issue "Medicaid at 60" provides context to understand the program's remarkable growth since 1965 as well as its resilience & political vulnerability. Free & Open Access!
@haroldpollack.bsky.social
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Volume 50 Issue 2 | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
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February 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
After 10 yrs as chair of UNC’s Dept of Social Medicine, today is my last day in that role. Thrilled that the awesome Mara Buchbinder will be our new chair. And I am looking forward to post-chair life!
January 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In Covid’s wake, CDC proposed reforms that aim to enhance its performance during the next pandemic. But would they work? Check out Ann Keller’s new ungated JHPPL article #healthpolicy #publichealth:
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Embracing Controversy: A Second Look at CDC Reform Efforts in the Wake of COVID-19 | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
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December 5, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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Earlier this year, Phil Singer, @bradwrightphd.bsky.social, and I published a piece in JHPPL in which we looked at 1332 waiver activity from 2019 to 2023. We examined how the Trump administration used waivers to try to accomplish some of their #healthpolicy priorities, and how Biden reversed course.
November 29, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Some news from JHPPL: This will be my last year as editor. Excited to announce that @sarahgollust.bsky.social will be the new editor. Sarah will be awesome!

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September 5, 2024 at 6:42 PM
New in JHPPL advanced pubs: special issue on Polarization, Partisanship & Health. With
@sarahgollust.bsky.social @efranklinfowler.bsky.social @adrianna.bsky.social @timcallaghan.bsky.social
@mattmotta.bsky.social

and many more!

Ungated:
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November 28, 2023 at 4:09 PM
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I was delighted to host a conference @ the Watson Institute on Medicaid at 60: From Welfare Medicine to America's Most Important Healthcare Program. The conference will lead to a special issue of JHPPL. A summary of the conf is below. @oberlanderunc.bsky.social
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Medicaid at 60 Conference
Eric M. Patashnik, Julis-Rabinowitz Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, and Chair of the Department of Political Science recently convened at a conference at the Watson Institute titled ...
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October 26, 2023 at 7:53 PM