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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 22h

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 · 23h

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 · 23h

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 · 23h

@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 · 23h

@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 · 23h

@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 · 23h

@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 · 23h

@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 · 23h

@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 · 23h

@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 · 23h

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 · 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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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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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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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19d

“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”

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When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900

The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · Sep 8

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 7

TAPPER: Hepatitis A, whooping cough, & chickenpox cases are rising in Florida. Before you made this decision to lift vaccine mandates, did your dept do any analysis of how many new cases there will be?

LADAPO: Absolutely not

T: You didn't even do a projection?

L: It's an issue of right & wrong

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · Sep 7

The first US screwworm patient in the US comes after an increase of cases in South and Central America and the Caribbean in recent years. It highlights the importance of international cooperation on research and prevention, which has taken hits under Trump. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Maryland screwworm case has US officials bracing for return of an old foe

Rise in cases south of the border prompts concern over US livestock as Trump budget cuts hit research and foreign aid

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · Sep 7

So much flows from this core mistake to not prosecute Trump for insurrection in spring 2021. By the time they changed course it was too late. Media and public attention had moved on from Jan 6. And Trump had begun to reassemble Republican support.

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · Sep 7

An important insight from this article about how to fight authoritarian court-packing: the “ability of prodemocracy actors to establish a clear link between known authoritarian practices and an incumbent” is crucial. US elites didn’t take on a nakedly partisan Supreme Court and it gave us Trump.

Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · Sep 7

Aspiring authoritarians share some common tactics for trying to dismantle a democracy. But recent cases also reveal lessons on how to defend against these attacks and slow the threat of democratic backsliding.

How to Flip the Script on the Authoritarian Playbook | Journal of Democracy

Aspiring authoritarians share some common tactics for trying to dismantle a democracy. But recent cases also reveal lessons on how to defend against these attacks and slow the threat of democratic…

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mellissameisels.bsky.social @mellissameisels.bsky.social · Sep 6

Delighted to discover that "Candidate Positions, Responsiveness, and Returns to Extremism" is now available online from JOP 🧵
@thejop.bsky.social

Gated: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Ungated: mellissameisels.com/files/MM_PCP...

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Sep 2

40% of Republicans think the COVID vaccine killed more people than the COVID virus. One in four believe that QAnon is real.

No matter how far they radicalize, we are told over and over again that the people being rude to them are the problem.

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · Aug 29

"one scholar calculated that the 16 million newly uninsured would lead to over 140 000 additional deaths. Ironically, the biggest losers will be individuals and medical care providers in rural areas, President Trump’s base."

Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · Aug 29

David Cutler popping off, my goodness

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Piece in JAMA Health Forum written by David Cutler entitled, "The Worst Piece of Health Care Legislation Ever"

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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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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 8

CNN on Emory Shooting: Police are operating under the theory that the shooter either was sick or believed that he was sick, and blamed the illness on the covid vaccine

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