Insights & Commentary

In this post, we provide a look at New Jersey’s effort to integrate its data to support rigorous population health research that informs evidence-based policymaking, as well as share operational insights from the project’s implementation.

The recent 43-day federal government shutdown was driven most prominently by disagreements over healthcare affordability. The immediate impasse centered on expiring pandemic-era subsidies for health insurance in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Exchanges.

In 1992, political strategist James Carville famously said, “It’s the economy, stupid!” in reference to the messaging needed to get Bill Clinton elected. Carville’s admonition applied just as much to this year’s state and local elections. There is broad consensus that Mikie Sherrill and other Democrats swept the polls because they centered their campaigns on affordability.

In this preliminary analysis of work disability and occupational heat exposure, we find that men, Black, and Latino workers ages 50 and older are more likely to work in heat-exposed occupations and to report work disability. We offer policy suggestions for mitigating the impact of extreme heat on U.S. workers.

Nguyen and Kinney discuss how addressing the individual- and system-level barriers to accessing cancer prevention services can save lives and save money for patients and payers alike.

In this post, we examine the policies of these 15 jurisdictions to provide an overview for states considering similar legislation.