Haeder, Simon F Sylvester, Steven M Callaghan, Timothy
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Journal of health politics, policy and law
The Medicaid program provides health insurance coverage to a diverse set of demographics. We know little about how the policy community describes these populations (e.g., on Medicaid-related websites or in public opinion polls and policy writings) or whether and how these descriptions may affect perceptions of the program, its beneficiaries, and po...
Patel, Neeraj G Kesselheim, Aaron S Darrow, Jonathan J
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Journal of health politics, policy and law
Since 2004, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has had the authority to allow access to unapproved medical products via the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) pathway during times of emergency. It was rarely used until the COVID-19 pandemic, when concerns arose regarding the role of political pressure in the FDA's issuance of some EUAs, such ...
Algara, Carlos Simmons, Daniel J
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Journal of health politics, policy and law
As COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out in early 2021, governments at all levels in the United States experienced significant difficulty in consistently and efficiently administering injections in the face of vaccination resistance among a public increasingly politically polarized on vaccination preferences before the beginning of mass vaccinations. U...
Remler, Dahlia K Korenman, Sanders
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Journal of health politics, policy and law
US government poverty measures do not include health insurance in the threshold or health insurance benefits in resources. Yet the 2019 Economic Report of the President presented long-term trends using the full-income poverty measure (FPM), which includes health insurance benefits as resources. A 2021 technical advisory report recommended statistic...
Kimport, Katrina Kreitzer, Rebecca
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Journal of health politics, policy and law
Abortion is central to the American political landscape and a common pregnancy outcome, yet research on abortion has been siloed and marginalized in the social sciences. In an empirical analysis, the authors found only 22 articles published in this century in the top economics, political science, and sociology journals. This special issue aims to b...
Kim, Jeong Hyun Gunderson, Anna Lane, Elizabeth A Bauer, Nichole M
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Journal of health politics, policy and law
On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court decided in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization (597 U.S. (2022)) to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, a seismic shift in abortion policy that makes the states key battlegrounds in fights over abortion and broader reproductive rights. This article focuses on the role of state supreme cour...
Heymann, Orlaith Bessett, Danielle Norris, Alison Hill, Jessie Czarnecki, Danielle Gyuras, Hillary J Pensak, Meredith McGowan, Michelle L
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Journal of health politics, policy and law
Previous research has assessed the impact of state regulations on abortion clinics and patients, but how bureaucrats implement them is less understood and is increasingly important as states arbitrate abortion regulation. The authors conducted a case study of how bureaucrats use discretion to implement state regulations on abortion, focusing on two...
Roth, Louise Marie Lee, Jennifer Hyunkyung
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Journal of health politics, policy and law
State laws have influenced access to abortion in the 50 years since Roe v. Wade. The 2022 Dobbs decision returned questions about the legality of abortion to the states, which increased the importance of state laws for abortion access. The objective of this study is to illustrate trends in abortion-restrictive and abortion-supportive state laws usi...
Carson, Saphronia Carter, Shannon K
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Journal of health politics, policy and law
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, 12 states banned or restricted abortion access under elective-procedure restrictions. The rationale was preserving hospital capacity and personal protective equipment (PPE); however, abortions commonly take place in clinics and use less PPE than childbirth. This paper investigates the discursive con...
Baker, Carrie N
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Journal of health politics, policy and law
This article examines the decades-long campaign to increase access to abortion pills in the United States, including advocates' work to win US Food and Drug Administration approval of mifepristone and misoprostol for abortion, the continuing restrictions on mifepristone, and the multiple strategies advocates have pursued to challenge these restrict...
