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February 2026 T. Joseph Mattingly II, Madeline O'Neal,
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted on July 4, 2025, established the first nationwide Medicaid work requirement, replacing prior state-specific Section 1115 demonstrations with a uniform federal standard More
February 2026 Julianna Pacheco, Nicole Novak, Samantha Deragon, Stephanie Schmitt,
We broaden our understanding of community power by going beyond traditional measures of voting and voting rights. Our objectives are to (1) create county-level measures of community power that are more expansive than voting and (2) explore the descriptive and geographic patterns of community power. More
February 2026 Robert L. Phillips, Rebecca Fisher, Claire Jackson, Danielle Martin, Tim Olde Hartman, Felicity Goodyear-Smith,
Primary care is the foundation of most health systems; yet across diverse countries, structures, policies, and payment models, it is under threat. More
February 2026 Michael O. Emerson, Lauren Anderson, Jecorey Arthur, Nancy Seay, Ted Smith,
The United States lags far behind other comparable nations on health indicators. To promote population health in cities, we argue for the right to Universal Basic Neighborhoods (UBN). More
February 2026 Jennifer L. Pomeranz, Erika Hanson, Dariush Mozaffarian,
The United States is an outlier worldwide in its permissive regulatory landscape for direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug promotion. Recent proposals to restrict DTC prescription drug advertising raise questions about potential challenges under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which protects commercial speech. More
February 2026 Ashley N. Gearhardt, Kelly D. Brownell, Allan M. Brandt,
Context: Ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) now dominate the global food supply and are strongly associated with risks for heart disease, cancers, metabolic… More
January 2026 Daniel Baslock, Nari Yoo,
Context: Inadequate descriptions of rurality limit comparisons across rural areas and can lead to overgeneralizations in health policy research.… More
December 2025 Guangyi Wang, Daniel F. Collin, Deborah Karasek, Rita Hamad,
https://youtu.be/SYuXw_GfDUU Context: In July 2021, to alleviate material hardship, Congress temporarily expanded the Child Tax Credit (CTC),… More
