Harold Pollack
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University of Chicago Professor. Posts are my own. Reposts do not imply endorsements. Oh--Pay your credit card off in full every month. That's the best risk-free,-tax-free investment available on Planet Earth.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I asked @veppol.bsky.social about the keys. She hasn't seen them. She did suggest that you look in your pants pockets from yesterday. Apparently, you've made that slip before.
No one thing will have a dramatic impact. Specific measures help such as Medicaid expansion and expanded access to effective primary care to provide GLP-1's+other meds to folk who would benefit. And of course improved public health interventions on gun violence, the overdose epidemic, and much else.
October 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
No one thing will have a dramatic impact. Specific measures help such as Medicaid expansion and expanded access to effective primary care to provide GLP-1's+other meds to folk who would benefit. And of course improved public health interventions on gun violence, the overdose epidemic, and much else.
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All articles are freely available now, so check them out. There's still time to add them to your fall syllabi!
August 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
All articles are freely available now, so check them out. There's still time to add them to your fall syllabi!
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Finally there are two book reviews that are especially timely: Ann Keller's review of Pamuk's "Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society" and Robert Ostergard's review of Dahl's "The COVID-19 Intelligence Failure: Why Warning Was Not Enough"
August 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Finally there are two book reviews that are especially timely: Ann Keller's review of Pamuk's "Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society" and Robert Ostergard's review of Dahl's "The COVID-19 Intelligence Failure: Why Warning Was Not Enough"
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In the Tracking Health Reform section, Gusmano and Thompson analyze the Biden administration's efforts to minimize losses of Medicaid enrollment during the "great unwinding". read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
Medicaid and the Great Unwinding: The Administrative Presidency Meets Federalism | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
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August 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In the Tracking Health Reform section, Gusmano and Thompson analyze the Biden administration's efforts to minimize losses of Medicaid enrollment during the "great unwinding". read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
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Last, Hemauer and Warner examine the dynamics of public support for school-based mental health services, an increasingly critical point of access. They offer recommendations for policymakers and local school administrators based on the public opinion findings. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
Analyzing Public Support for School-Based Mental Health Services
Abstract. Context: Public schools play a central role in addressing the mental health crisis among American youth, but most schools are limited in the services they provide. As of 2019, 44% of adminis...
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August 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Last, Hemauer and Warner examine the dynamics of public support for school-based mental health services, an increasingly critical point of access. They offer recommendations for policymakers and local school administrators based on the public opinion findings. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
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Next, Sprague et al. also examine state policy, looking at variation across state-level paid leave policies to assess inequities in access and coverage of these policies in the absence of a federal policy. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
Paid Leave for Personal and Family Illness: Impacts of State Policy Design on Coverage and Access by Race, Gender, and Education Level | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Pr...
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August 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Next, Sprague et al. also examine state policy, looking at variation across state-level paid leave policies to assess inequities in access and coverage of these policies in the absence of a federal policy. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
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The next article, by Erickson and Meyer-Gutbrod, examines the interactions between news attention to opioids, overdose rates, and state-level political attention to opioids mortality. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
It’s Only a Crisis if It’s Fit to Print: Examining the Relationship Between Overdose Rates, News Coverage, and the Presence of the Opioid Crisis in State Legislative Campaigns | Journal of Health Poli...
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August 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The next article, by Erickson and Meyer-Gutbrod, examines the interactions between news attention to opioids, overdose rates, and state-level political attention to opioids mortality. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
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The first article by Gudiksen et al. is a qualitative study examining employers' and insurers' perspectives about hospital consolidation. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
Hospital Consolidation Across Geographic Markets: Insights from Market Participants on Mechanisms for Price Increases | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
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August 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The first article by Gudiksen et al. is a qualitative study examining employers' and insurers' perspectives about hospital consolidation. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...