Harold Pollack
@haroldpollack.bsky.social
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.
Neil Young really should have won the Oscar for Philadelphia. I still tear up when I hear that song played.
January 28, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Neil Young really should have won the Oscar for Philadelphia. I still tear up when I hear that song played.
Query for followers familiar with Medicaid 1915(c) IDD waivers: If a social worker/other provider holds a counseling session to assist an older-adult caregiver with caregiver/guardianship transition issues, is this a reimbursable service?
January 26, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Query for followers familiar with Medicaid 1915(c) IDD waivers: If a social worker/other provider holds a counseling session to assist an older-adult caregiver with caregiver/guardianship transition issues, is this a reimbursable service?
An irony of my life is my physical resemblance to subway vigilante Bernard Goetz. I was sometimes confused for him in late-1980s NY. Pondering the new book about the case, I'm reminded once again: Hurt people hurt people.
January 24, 2026 at 6:19 PM
An irony of my life is my physical resemblance to subway vigilante Bernard Goetz. I was sometimes confused for him in late-1980s NY. Pondering the new book about the case, I'm reminded once again: Hurt people hurt people.
State-year-level Data Distress Call over the period 2000-2022: Do any followers have data for (a) naloxone access law; (b) the presence of PDMP; (c) HCV prevalence? A bird photography mug is on offer here....
January 20, 2026 at 4:15 PM
State-year-level Data Distress Call over the period 2000-2022: Do any followers have data for (a) naloxone access law; (b) the presence of PDMP; (c) HCV prevalence? A bird photography mug is on offer here....
My commentary in JAMA Network Open: The continuing partisan divide in the opioid epidemic. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
The Continuing Partisan Divide in the Opioid Epidemic
McGinty and colleagues1 set out to investigate how US residents view the opioid overdose epidemic, how US residents view persons who live with opioid use disorders, and how our society might best addr...
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January 19, 2026 at 1:52 AM
My commentary in JAMA Network Open: The continuing partisan divide in the opioid epidemic. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
On the Cumulative Power of Human Ingenuity
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On the Cumulative Power of Human Ingenuity
And the destructive force of human stupidity
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January 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
On the Cumulative Power of Human Ingenuity
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At Goldhammer brings it.... arthurgoldhammer356783.substack.com/p/donalds-de...
Donald's Deadly Sins
The Melding of Irrationality with Blackguardry
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December 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
At Goldhammer brings it.... arthurgoldhammer356783.substack.com/p/donalds-de...
Mitt romney, making sense || www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
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December 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Thomas Statchen @haroldpollack.bsky.social Amanda Abraham, Christina Andrews, and Colleen Grogan examine Section 1115 waivers concerning substance use disorder. They examine the timeline of waiver reform and assess how well the SUD waivers are working. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
Section 1115 Substance Use Disorder Waivers: Opportunities and Limitations | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
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December 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thomas Statchen @haroldpollack.bsky.social Amanda Abraham, Christina Andrews, and Colleen Grogan examine Section 1115 waivers concerning substance use disorder. They examine the timeline of waiver reform and assess how well the SUD waivers are working. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
Today I cancelled my stepmom's Sunday NYT subscription, officially in my dad's name, I've been renewing that for 20yrs. At 94, my stepmom no longer reads the paper. The holidays can be a bittersweet time. We note the empty seats at the table, and we see so many other realities of human aging.
December 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Today I cancelled my stepmom's Sunday NYT subscription, officially in my dad's name, I've been renewing that for 20yrs. At 94, my stepmom no longer reads the paper. The holidays can be a bittersweet time. We note the empty seats at the table, and we see so many other realities of human aging.
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Medicaid waivers to address health-related social needs (HRSN) are under threat due to federal spending cuts, guidance rescinding HRSN language, and executive orders criminalizing homelessness, says @haroldpollack.bsky.social in a new Milbank Quarterly Opinion.
Medicaid’s Essential Investments to Address Health-Related Social Needs | Milbank Memorial Fund
nsider the story of John Miller, a fictionalized Chicagoan, who lives with a serious mental illness and co-occurring addiction disorders. He recently left a psychiatric inpatient facility. Estranged ...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Medicaid waivers to address health-related social needs (HRSN) are under threat due to federal spending cuts, guidance rescinding HRSN language, and executive orders criminalizing homelessness, says @haroldpollack.bsky.social in a new Milbank Quarterly Opinion.
Prooreading posts is apparently for the little peop3le......
Concerning esults reported by Nagler et al: 59% of Americans are neutral/display some degree of support for cutting funds for work that "provides the foundational knowledge about how the natural world works, which might lead to future discoveries about human health www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
Public Concern about Threats to Public Health and Science Remains Modest | Milbank Memorial Fund
US adults’ awareness of actions threatening public health and science declined between March and September 2025, according to a new survey.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Prooreading posts is apparently for the little peop3le......
Concerning esults reported by Nagler et al: 59% of Americans are neutral/display some degree of support for cutting funds for work that "provides the foundational knowledge about how the natural world works, which might lead to future discoveries about human health www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
Public Concern about Threats to Public Health and Science Remains Modest | Milbank Memorial Fund
US adults’ awareness of actions threatening public health and science declined between March and September 2025, according to a new survey.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Concerning esults reported by Nagler et al: 59% of Americans are neutral/display some degree of support for cutting funds for work that "provides the foundational knowledge about how the natural world works, which might lead to future discoveries about human health www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
My most recent column in Milbank Quarterly Opinion. Medicaid’s Essential Investments to Address Health-Related Social Needs www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
Medicaid’s Essential Investments to Address Health-Related Social Needs | Milbank Memorial Fund
nsider the story of John Miller, a fictionalized Chicagoan, who lives with a serious mental illness and co-occurring addiction disorders. He recently left a psychiatric inpatient facility. Estranged ...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My most recent column in Milbank Quarterly Opinion. Medicaid’s Essential Investments to Address Health-Related Social Needs www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
Listening to a podcast where Jon Stewart is saying that the ACA is just subsidies to insurance companies. That’s akin to saying that SNAP is just subsidies to supermarkets.
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Listening to a podcast where Jon Stewart is saying that the ACA is just subsidies to insurance companies. That’s akin to saying that SNAP is just subsidies to supermarkets.
Racing to my train today, I pulled over halfway there with an "oh-f***k" realization: I forgot my phone. Just then, I looked up to see @veppol.bsky.social pull up behind, the phone in hand. Those of us blessed in this life to have folk who have our backs need to earn this out.
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Racing to my train today, I pulled over halfway there with an "oh-f***k" realization: I forgot my phone. Just then, I looked up to see @veppol.bsky.social pull up behind, the phone in hand. Those of us blessed in this life to have folk who have our backs need to earn this out.
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Let's talk about the grotesque Führerprinzip sweeping Republican institutions. With receipts.
This is one of my favorite documents from the Reagan Library: a White Paper prepared for him that led up to one of the ideas he was most impassioned about, a "North American Free Trade Area."... 1/x
This is one of my favorite documents from the Reagan Library: a White Paper prepared for him that led up to one of the ideas he was most impassioned about, a "North American Free Trade Area."... 1/x
October 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Let's talk about the grotesque Führerprinzip sweeping Republican institutions. With receipts.
This is one of my favorite documents from the Reagan Library: a White Paper prepared for him that led up to one of the ideas he was most impassioned about, a "North American Free Trade Area."... 1/x
This is one of my favorite documents from the Reagan Library: a White Paper prepared for him that led up to one of the ideas he was most impassioned about, a "North American Free Trade Area."... 1/x
The Real Patriots Will Be Marching Saturday—Against the un-Americans newrepublic.com/post/201921/... via @newrepublic.com
The Real Patriots Will Be Marching Saturday—Against the un-Americans
Republicans are calling the No Kings marches the “hate America” rallies. Let’s ask James Madison who really hates America. It’s obvious what he’d say.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The Real Patriots Will Be Marching Saturday—Against the un-Americans newrepublic.com/post/201921/... via @newrepublic.com
Any followers happen to have at hand recent life tables for Black men in U.S. Urban settings? An authentic Pollack Bird Photography Mug on offer for this....
October 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Any followers happen to have at hand recent life tables for Black men in U.S. Urban settings? An authentic Pollack Bird Photography Mug on offer for this....
Yet another attempt to share our piece on neuropsychiatric disorders among emergency department patients with intellectual and developmental disorders..... I"m struck by the prevalent early-onset dementia among patients w/Down syndrome. This graph speaks for itself.… link.growkudos.com/1f3s851ezgg
September 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Yet another attempt to share our piece on neuropsychiatric disorders among emergency department patients with intellectual and developmental disorders..... I"m struck by the prevalent early-onset dementia among patients w/Down syndrome. This graph speaks for itself.… link.growkudos.com/1f3s851ezgg
Beth McGinty and Magdalena Cerda in Milbank Quarterly-- Medicaid Cuts Will Heighten the US Mental Health and Substance Use Crisis www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
Medicaid Cuts Will Heighten the US Mental Health and Substance Use Crisis | Milbank Memorial Fund
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act's cuts to Medicaid will heighten the nation’s behavioral health crisis. Nationally, each year an estimated 20 to 25% of children and adults have a mental illness1 and 17...
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September 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Beth McGinty and Magdalena Cerda in Milbank Quarterly-- Medicaid Cuts Will Heighten the US Mental Health and Substance Use Crisis www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
Went to a real gym for the first time in a long while. I turned out to be rusty and complacent in the sparring and physical combat dept. Came away with some impressive bruises in various places from hard contact and a dramatic taikedown. I had just forgotten how tough those treadmills can be .
September 8, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Went to a real gym for the first time in a long while. I turned out to be rusty and complacent in the sparring and physical combat dept. Came away with some impressive bruises in various places from hard contact and a dramatic taikedown. I had just forgotten how tough those treadmills can be .
80 Years Ago, A Jewish Radical and Two Negro League Stars Led a Crusade to Integrate Baseball That Paved the Way for Jackie Robinson www.commondreams.org/opinion/80-y...
80 Years Ago, A Jewish Radical and Two Negro League Stars Led a Crusade to Integrate Baseball That Paved the Way for Jackie Robinson | Common Dreams
The little known story about Sam Nahem, Leon Day, and Willard Brown who in 1945 played on a field in the shadow of Adolph Hitler's Nazi Germany and broke down historic barriers.
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September 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
80 Years Ago, A Jewish Radical and Two Negro League Stars Led a Crusade to Integrate Baseball That Paved the Way for Jackie Robinson www.commondreams.org/opinion/80-y...
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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"