Map: Kaiser Family Foundation (as of Nov. 15, 2019)
Since the Supreme Court ruling in 2012, states have been warring over whether or not to expand Medicaid.
Now, some states want to pursue a “partial” expansion – under the same generous federal funding rules. So far, no state has been able to do this – but they are trying. Continue reading
Alexandra Glorioso, a Florida health reporter for Politico, joined AHCJ for a webcast about what being diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer at age 31 taught her about reporting on health care.
Before we say anything else – after a rough year with chemo, surgery, and radiation – Glorioso is doing well. She’s in remission (and planning her wedding!). Continue reading
Joshua Sharfstein
If anybody has come close to having “done it all” in health policy, it’s Joshua Sharfstein, M.D.
The vice dean for public health practice and community engagement and a health policy professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Sharfstein has worked in city, state and federal government, in the legislative and executive branches. He’s worked on drug policy, health coverage, infant mortality, payment and delivery reform, substance abuse, tobacco, public health – not to mention a global health stint in Central America. Continue reading
AHCJ has strengthened its ethical standards on funding for the annual conference, enhancing the ethics code established at our inception 20 years ago to guard against undue influence by outside groups or the perception of such influence.
You can find evidence of the recent changes in the conference program and registration form: Continue reading
Photo: Matthew Keefe via Flickr
Podcasts are all the rage, so we’ve been collecting some health policy-related ones for you. Some of these regularly tackle health policy, some dip into it once in a while (but smartly) and others are geared more toward science and medicine.
Some of you who contributed suggestions noted that a few popular general podcasts (such as On Media and Fresh Air) aren’t health-focused but sometimes have good episodes, respectively, on media coverage and interviews with authors of health books. Continue reading
