Michael Shepherd
mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social
Michael Shepherd
@mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Political Scientist, University of Michigan School of Public Health. Rural Politics and Health Disparities.

https://www.michaeleshepherd.com
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@oberlanderunc.bsky.social writes not just on persistence of US health care problems like cost, fragmentation, & inequity, but how these enduring features mask broader shifts in health coverage expansion & privatization in public programs, & what these shifts mean read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
Same as It Ever Was? Persistence and Transformation in US Health Care Policy | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
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October 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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@sarahgollust.bsky.social Yujin Kim, Paul Espinoza Kissell & @efranklinfowler.bsky.social employ large-scale computational text tools to analyze the breadth of what JHPPL has published over the years (most common: health care access & insurance). read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
Using New Techniques to Examine the Past: A Computational Assessment of the First 50 Years of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke Univers...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Jonathan Leider, Mac McCullough, Jason Orr & Beth Resnick analyze recent reductions in public health funding and these cuts' disproportionate impact on rural and low-resource communities. While some communities will be able to offset losses, many will not. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
Nationwide Consequences, Rural Devastation: The Unequal Toll of Public Health Spending Reductions | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
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October 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Sam Halabi, Lawrence Gostin, Kayla Wontumi, John Kraemer & Anjola Tega examines politicization of science & health institutions, observing weakening of regulation and dissemination of false & misleading information about scientific knowledge, eroding credibility. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
Science and Public Health in the Trump Era: The Dismantling of Evidence and Institutions and Proposals for Reconstruction | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
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October 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Mohammad Abba-Aji & Sandro Galea apply the social determinants of health framework to examine the many non-health agency cuts being implemented & affecting health, highlighting systemic threats to the broader policy infrastructure that promotes population health. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
The Health Implications of US Federal Changes to Non-Health Structures and Policies | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
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October 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM