Medicaid for Idaho?
A group of activists has collected signatures to put Medicaid expansion on the Idaho ballot this November. Idaho is a deeply red state, but they hope expansion will pass on a popular vote.
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Obamacare Has Survived, but Health Reform Isn’t Over
The Trump administration is using a variety of executive branch powers to subtly but proactively foment an implosion of the Affordable Care Act.
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2017 Year in Review
David Jones reflects on the past year at Public Health Post, including the top five articles of 2017.
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The Unanswered Questions of Health Reform
The ACA seems here to stay, but major questions remain about the future of American health reform. David Jones highlights the question he will be paying attention to as we move into the second year of the Trump era.
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What We Have Learned This Year
The day after Trump’s election David Jones outlined 20 questions about what the new presidency meant for health reform. One year later, he discusses the answers to his questions. Most importantly, the ACA seems to have survived – or has it?
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Detroit
This is a special and unique week for Public Health Post: we are devoting all five articles to stories about public health in Detroit. David Jones tells the story of taking his daughter to a Tigers game as a metaphor for falling in love with the city he calls “one of the most fascinating stories in America right now.”
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Racial Reconciliation: Lessons from Sumner, MS
How do we deal with our complicated racial past and present? David Jones reflects on his experience visiting the Emmett Till Interpretative Center.
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Trump Voters for Single Payer
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has four options now that his latest bill has failed. Single payer probably isn’t one of them, but maybe should be according to many Trump voters. Could Donald Trump be the single payer president?
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Karen DeSalvo
PHP sat down with Karen deSalvo, former acting assistant secretary for health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to discuss her work at the HHS and the social determinants of public health.
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On to the Senate
What happens now that health reform shifts to the Senate? David Jones reflects on 8 key questions. Spoiler alert: It will be tighter than many liberals hope.
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