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  • Food Policy

    Beyond False Dichotomies in Ultra-Processed Food Policy

    August 2026 Ashley N. Gearhardt Kelly D. Brownell Allan M. Brandt

    We appreciate the thoughtful response to our article and strongly agree that improving diet quality should remain a central public health goal. Diets… More

  • Health Insurance

    Moving Toward Universalism? The Future of Long-Term Care in the United States

    August 2026 Pamela Herd

    America’s long-term care policy approach is poverty-based, requiring most older adults to spend down their assets to qualify for limited, Medicaid-funded support, which is biased toward institutional care and plagued by bureaucratic complexity and enrollment hurdles. More

  • Health Insurance State Health Policy

    Expansion of State Medicaid Policies Related to Telehealth, 2018-2023: A National Legal Mapping Study

    August 2026 Lucinda B. Leung Valerie P. Nguyen Christine M. Thompson Jasmeen J. Santos Catherine E. Brayton Susan L. Ettner José J. Escarce Alexander D. McCourt

    Telehealth can improve access to medical and mental health care for rural and under-resourced communities. More

  • Population Health

    Chronic Disease and Disability in the United States: Trends, Inequities, and Imperatives for Policy Reform

    August 2026 Ali H. Mokdad Laura Dwyer-Lindgren Christopher J.L. Murray

    Over the past three decades, mortality from leading causes such as cardiovascular disease and cancer has declined in the United States, but the burden of chronic, disabling conditions, including musculoskeletal disorders, mental and substance use disorders, and obesity, has grown or stagnated, widening the gap between total years lived and years lived in good health. More

  • Behavioral Health

    Measuring Whether Behavioral Health Crisis Systems Reach People in Need

    August 2026 Andrew Anderson

    Since passage of the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021, the United States has made significant investments in behavioral health crisis response… More

  • Social drivers of health

    Public Policies in Historical Context and the Association Between Education and US Older Adults’ Health

    August 2026 Mark D. Hayward Mateo P. Farina

    In this perspective, we have reviewed the historical evidence on the association between education and health in the United States, arguing that attention to public policies related to both education and technology are fundamentally important in understanding historical changes in the educational divide in life expectancy. More

  • Public Health

    Why Evidence Is Not Enough: Power, Politics, and a Strategy Shift for Public Health

    August 2026 Jonathan C. Heller

    Context: Public health is inherently political, yet it has struggled in recent decades to influence the societal decisions that shape population… More

  • Immigration Policy

    Impact of 2018 Immigration Policy Shifts on Hispanic HIV Incidence Across Divergent Local Policy Environments in the United States

    August 2026 Jordan Herring Carlos E. Rodriguez-Diaz

    In 2018, proposed changes to the public charge rule—amid intensified anti-immigrant rhetoric and heterogeneous local immigration enforcement—were widely publicized. More

  • Reproductive Health

    Feasibility Versus Vulnerability in the Geographic Distribution of Obstetric Services

    July 2026 Christina Laternser

    Geographic gaps in hospital-based obstetric services are often framed as “maternity care deserts,” emphasizing community vulnerability and motivating targeted investments. More

  • Mental Health State Health Policy

    Opening the Door Wider to Community Support of People With Serious Mental Illnesses: What States Can Learn From the IDD Experience

    July 2026 Harold A. Pollack Richard Frank Sherry Glied

    Since the early 1960s, US policymakers have sought to assist persons living with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) and persons living with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) to live on a human scale with their clinical and service needs met in their communities. More