Contributors to "Polarization, Partisanship, and Health in the United States," a special issue of Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (49:3), examine how partisanship and polarization shape health policy and politics in the US. View the TOC: ow.ly/w6As50RAzPc

The #WeeklyRead is "Polarized Perspectives on Health Equity," from "Polarization, Partisanship, and Health in the United States," a recent special issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law: ow.ly/QRji50Sj1EW @jhppl

To raise awareness and assist couples with job searches, UNC-Chapel Hill researchers launched an evidence-based tool showing how research-intensive institutions rank in partner hiring – providing insights on where they may be excelling and deficient. ow.ly/E1EB50SmunV

🚨LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT🚨: "The Partner Hire Scorecard" My amazing research team has just released its scorecard ranking every R1 institution in the United States by its partner-friendly status. Please spread the word! partnerhirescorecard.org

The Harris campaign is interviewing VP candidates via Microsoft Teams. Isn’t our democracy already dysfunctional enough?

Happy 59th birthday to Medicare, signed into law by Lyndon Johnson on July 30, 1965

Advance pub articles of Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law special issue I edited on 'Medicaid at 60' now online & open access. Great contributors: Jamila Michener @pamela_herd Laura Wherry Charley Willison Campbell, Grogan, Sommers...Check it out! read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/advance-… Harold Pollack @WatsonInstitute

While reproductive health has drawn the spotlight in the U.S. elections, less attention has been paid to other health policy issues, in part because of the success of the Affordable Care Act. Perspective by Prof. Jonathan Oberlander (Jonathan Oberlander): nej.md/3Bwlpw0

Prof. Jonathan Oberlander (Jonathan Oberlander) discusses the implications of the 2024 U.S. elections for health care reform. Listen to the full interview with NEJM Executive Managing Editor Stephen Morrissey (Stephen Morrissey): nej.md/4h3gG5F

What’s at stake for US health care policy in the 2024 elections? My piece for (and interview with) NEJM nejm.org/doi/abs/10.105…

Our paper "Explaining Political Differences in Attitudes to Vaccines in France: Partisan Cues, Disenchantment with Politics, and Political Sophistication" is out in Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law ! read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/article/…

Anne Lyerly will present at Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences "When Law, Ethics & Medicine Collide: Physician Duties When Law Restricts Reproductive Health Care." Friday, Nov. 1, 12-1:30 pm Central. Register today consortium.umn.edu/lecture/physic…

Excited to share this article with Bill Franko in Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law . Our results show that higher levels of despair lead to lower turnout rates at both the individual and community levels. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/article/…

CMS releases new welcome to Medicare video: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm3ypb…

A question I keep coming back to about RFK Jr.: Could a polarizing pick for HHS Sec actually help depolarize public health? My latest for Vox, with insights from Matt Motta (@mattmotta.bsky.social), Jonathan Oberlander, Jay Van Bavel, PhD, and Heather Lanthorn | improving health systems vox.com/even-better/38…