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Failures of Imagination in Public Health Policy

Bill of Health

Litigation on behalf of public health I tell my classes that one of the hallmarks of American jurisprudence is that the law can change when some lawyer somewhere gets an idea for a piece of impact litigation. Witness the success of environmental policy litigation in the ’70s. politics and the fundamentals of advocacy.

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Countercyclical Aid Is Not Enough to Fix the Broken US Approach to Public Health Financing

Bill of Health

Reversing the trend of policy drift at the state and local level will require — at minimum — mandatory programs to support state and local health departments’ infrastructure needs and full student loan repayment for public health professionals.

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Hall Render’s Health Provider News – February 25, 2022

Hall Render

Why some Medicaid providers in Colorado aren’t getting paid. University of Kentucky’s public health professionals give their COVID-19 endemic outlook. How $1 million grant will boost Ochsner’s digital health innovations. Missouri Takes Months to Process Medicaid Applications — Longer Than Law Allows.