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Mandi Spishak-Thomas @aspishakthomas.com · 17h

Thorough and important coverage on Medicaid estate recovery, a policy that continues to be understudied, misunderstood, and deeply harmful to families. Behind every bad policy is somehow always, disturbingly, private equity. Follow up this article with our recent MER paper in @jhppl.bsky.social

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 1d

This special issue of @jhppl.bsky.social is a must-read. 👀 See why, in this thread:

Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

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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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

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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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

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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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

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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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

@neillewisjr.bsky.social looks at the ways that public health is under seige in its ability to address health equity. While some may seek to abandon equity-based research in these times, Lewis argues for the continued pursuit of equitable and healthy futures. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

The Importance of Dreaming About (and Mobilizing to Create) Equitable Futures | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

@matthewkavanagh.bsky.social & Shiona Sharma assess the impact of the US withdrawal from the World Health Organization, situating this move in broader context of geopolitics & WHO's vulnerability when dependent on certain international norms and power structures read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

The World Health Organization and the Shifting US and Global Political Orders | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

@jlynch13.bsky.social & Michael Tu discuss the importance of health data linkage systems, and how current US policies have eroded this important way to address health inequities. Drawing on comparative health data practices, they offer insights for a way forward. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

The DOGE Ate My Data: Lessons from Europe for Rebuilding the Health Data Linkage Infrastructure in the US after Trump | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

@merlinc2.bsky.social offers historical context for current public health backlash. Drawing on vax campaigns, air pollution control & occupational safety, public health traditions have been hard to eliminate once entrenched though 2nd Trump Admin may be different read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

Public Health Under Attack: Continuity, Discontinuity, and History | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

@pamherd.bsky.social analyzes why MAHA won't make Americans healthy, give its focus on individual solutions to systemic health challenges & its disconnect from scientific institutions. The upending of health agency independence will have an enduring impact. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

MAHA Won't Make Americans Healthy Again: The Politicization of U.S. Federal Health Agencies During the Second Trump Administration | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

@pzettler.bsky.social @reshmagar.bsky.social & @hollylynchez.bsky.social‬ examine the past, present, and future of the FDA, offering needed context for the momentous shifts observed in recent months, including loss of expertise and rushed reviews. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

Never Waste a Crisis: The Past, Present, and Future of FDA Reform | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

@mattmotta.bsky.social assesses Trump Administration efforts to undermine health agencies’ regulatory authority & how this stems from disdain for those working in civil service roles, rooted in dislike of academic, medical & scientific experts.
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“We Want to Put Them in Trauma”: Understanding the Trump Administration's Attack on Government Health Agency Regulatory Authority | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

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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Holly Fernandez Lynch @hollylynchez.bsky.social · 1d

New from @pzettler.bsky.social @reshmagar.bsky.social + me in @jhppl.bsky.social.
We describe themes driving historic FDA reforms, explain how what's happening under Trump2 is different + call for principles to guide FDA reform and activity across administrations.
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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

New JHPPL special issue just dropped! The subject: Public Health Under Seige. This issue features a number of timely and critically important analyses on such subjects as politicization of health agencies, attacks on public health, and dismantling of evidence. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/advanc...

Advance Publication | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration's attacks on civil service are profoundly personal.

Today at @jhppl.bsky.social, I outline the "science of standing up for science;" how we can use social science research to restore health agencies' regulatory authority.

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“We Want to Put Them in Trauma”: Understanding the Trump Administration's Attack on Government Health Agency Regulatory Authority | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 5d

Happily @adrianna.bsky.social and colleagues have this covered in @jhppl.bsky.social : read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 6d

This analysis was part of a special issue edited by @dusetzinas.bsky.social & @oberlanderunc.bsky.social, and the articles it comprises span analysis of drug approvals, access to costly drugs, value-based care, and possible paths to reform. Give it a read! read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...

Volume 47 Issue 6 | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 6d

This week, you may have heard about the unveiling of TrumpRx. For broader context on pharmaceutical policy and pricing reform, Marc Godwin assessed in 2022 not only America's high pharmaceutical spending but efforts at cost control in comparison w European nations read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

Assessing US Pharmaceutical Policy and Pricing Reform Legislation in Light of European Price and Cost Control Strategies

Abstract. This article compares the pharmaceutical pricing policies employed by public and private insurers in the United States with seven price and spending control strategies employed in the United...

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 13d

It's unclear what the exact effect of a national Medicaid work requirement will be, but Aparni Soni et al. offer an important glimpse at who is doing community engagement to the required degree to sustain Medicaid coverage under these terms, & equity implications read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · Aug 29

New issue of @jhppl.bsky.social just dropped (Volume 50, Issue 5). Check it out, for a set of wonderful articles on topics that span health care, opioids, paid leave, and mental health, a great representation of the diversity in JHPPL. Thread here:

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 13d

As I wrote in @jhppl.bsky.social (read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...) and in my forthcoming book (pre-order it now! www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...), prior authorization is a big source of administrative burden in health care. If AI tools yield wrongful denials, this will hurt patients & doctors.

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 13d

Too often, health insurance directories are inaccurate, despite ability to easily schedule appointments constituting a critical determinant of health. For in-depth scholarly attention to this, read @simonfhaeder.bsky.social & Abigail Burman's 2022 piece in JHPPL. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 13d

TX district judge Reed O'Connor tossed a Biden Admin rule that would have audited Medicare Advantage overpayments. For broader context on MA overpayments & surrounding poitics, read Campbell & Morgan's 2025 JHPPL article: read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

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Judge vacates Medicare Advantage audit rule in win for industry

On Thursday, Texas Judge Reed O’Connor threw out a Biden-era rule that would have recouped billions of dollars in overpayments to MA plans.

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 17d

Such a surreal feeling - just facilitated my first editorial board meeting of @jhppl.bsky.social. How did I get so lucky to be working with the most brilliant (and kind) health policy scholars and former editors?!

A power point slide that says "2025 Editorial Board Meeting" with today's date, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

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