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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law (JHPPL). Publishing work on health policy initiation, formulation, and implementation, and relationships between government and health—past, present, and future.
Excited to announce publication of new JHPPL special issue: Public Health Under Siege (ungated) that explores the fate of public health during the second Trump administration:
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The Trump administration is restructuring federal health agencies to implement a new policy agenda. Central to this agenda is the Make America Healthy Again movement, which prioritizes individual solutions to broader public health problems, disregards science and scientific institutions, and aligns closely with the “wellness” industry. While it is normal for each administration to establish its own public health priorities, previous administrations did not dismantle existing institutions to do so. In contrast, this administration is consolidating power and actively politicizing the federal health bureaucracy, undermining scientific expertise and agency independence in the process. These changes are likely to have lasting impacts on both federal health agencies and public health that will extend well beyond the current administration.
Open-access scholarly piece in @jhppl.bsky.social about RFK's assault on public health institutions by @pamherd.bsky.social
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So thankful to be part of this special issue.
Writing and publishing work like this isn't easy to do. But, in these unprecedentedly dangerous times for public health, this work is more important now than ever.
The full issue is free to download at this link!
Green gradient cover with Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law title in white text and small light green square accent, volume 51 issue 2 April 2026.
The Weekly Read is "Public Health Under Siege," the introduction to a special issue of @jhppl.bsky.social (51:2) edited by Jonathan Oberlander and Sarah E. Gollust. Read it for free: buff.ly/wEHKRqJ
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Great scholarship here. I'm working on a book that provides the 20th Century context for what we are seeing now. This extreme form has very long roots.
Public Health Under Siege. So pleased to have our piece on @who.int in this powerful new special issue, coordinated by the brilliant @sarahgollust.bsky.social @oberlanderunc.bsky.social. We draw on IR research on "IO Death" to suggest WHO faces a major threat that its not taking seriously enough...
This new @jhppl.bsky.social special edition on "Public Health Under Siege" is awfully timely as I work to finalize my regulatory politics syllabus
Public health is under attack on many fronts! The latest issue of JHPPL, "Public Health Under Siege," brings together leading scholars to discuss the many current threats facing public health. Check out the latest issue here: read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue
Attention fellow health insurance scholars! TODAY is the last day to submit to @jhppl.bsky.social's special issue on The Politics of Private Health Insurance, which @adrianna.bsky.social and I are co-editing. Whether you have a research article or commentary, be sure to get your submission in today!
Attention health insurance scholars! You have until 2/1 to submit your manuscripts for consideration for the @jhppl.bsky.social special issue on The Politics of Private Health Insurance, which I'm happily co-editing with @adrianna.bsky.social. If you have questions, let us know.
Reminder: If you're working on the politics of privatization in health insurance, consider sending it to @jhppl.bsky.social, through which I'm co-editing a special issue with @adrianna.bsky.social. Submissions due 2/1. assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c...
So, whether you're teaching health politics/policy or a broader class on policy or politics, we hope you're able to drawn on the breadth of JHPPL scholarship, which you can peruse here: read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/
Policy Feedback:
Campbell: “Policy Feedbacks and the Impact of Policy Designs on Public Opinion”
Chattopadhyay: “Can Health Insurance Regulations Generate Citizen Constituencies?”
@philiprocco.bsky.social and @simonfhaeder.bsky.social: "How Intense Policy Demanders Shape Postreform Politics"
Federalism:
@simonfhaeder.bsky.social and Weimer: “You Can’t Make Me Do It, but I Could Be Persuaded: A Federalism Perspective on the ACA”
Jones: "American Federalism in Practice: The Formulation and Implementation of Contemporary Health Policy”
Sparer et al: "Inching toward Incrementalism"
Health and the Executive Branch:
Gusmano and Thompson: “The Administrative Presidency, Waivers, and the Affordable Care Act”
Brasfield: “Trump, the Administrative Presidency, and Federalism”
Gusmano and Thompson: “Medicaid and the Great Unwinding: The Administrative Presidency Meets Federalism”
Equity:
Lantz and Rosenbaum: “The Potential and Realized Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Health Equity”
@povertyscholar.bsky.social & LeBron: "Racism, Health, and Politics: Advancing Interdisciplinary Knowledge"
@sarahgollust.bsky.social et al: "Polarized Perspectives on Health Equity"
Health & Courts:
Mello: “Policing Medicaid and Medicare Managed Care: The Role of Courts and Administrative Agencies”
Morone: "Diminishing Democracy in Health Policy: Partisanship, the Courts, and the End of Health Politics as We Knew It"
Hall: “The Role of Courts in Shaping Health Equity”
Public Opinion:
Pacheco & Maltby: “Role of Public Opinion– Does it Influence the Diffusion of ACA Decisions?”
Jacobs & @smettler.bsky.social: “Why Public Opinion Changes: The Implications for Health and Health Policy”
Oberlander: "Public Opinion & the Making of American and British Health Policy"
Welfare State:
@jacobhacker.bsky.social & Pierson: “The Dog That Almost Barked: What the ACA Repeal Fight Says about the Resilience of the American Welfare State”
Marmor & @oberlanderunc.bsky.social: “Political Analysis and the Welfare State: Can We Learn from History?”
Making last-minute syllabi additions? JHPPL has published wide-ranging research touching on domestic and comparative health law, politics, and policy, and spanning both institutional analysis and political behavior. Here is a glimpse at some articles we've published over the years... 🧵
More that I'm assigning from @jhppl.bsky.social:
Gusmano and Thompson: "Administrative Presidency, Waivers, & the ACA"
Yours truly: "Rationing by Inconvenience"
Volden: "Policy Diffusion in Polarized Times"
Campbell & Morgan: "Consequences of Medicare Advantage for Beneficiaries & Politics"
Some of the @jhppl.bsky.social representation on my Politics of Health Policy syllabus:
@starrprospect.bsky.social, "Rebounding with Medicare."
@povertyscholar.bsky.social & Alina Lebron, "Racism, Health, and Politics"
Volden & Wiseman, "The Determinants of Health Policy Change in Congress"
In our 50th anniversary issue, Caitlin McMurtry analyzed America's changing politics toward firearms. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
This excellent work has now been covered by Out in StL outinstl.com/2025-sees-an...
and the St. Louis American. www.stlamerican.com/news/local-n...
@neillewisjr.bsky.social’s commentary is a gem within @jhppl.bsky.social’s special issue “Public Health Under Siege”, in advance view now.
Check our JHPPL's next author interview with @pamherd.bsky.social! @mirandayaver.bsky.social and @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social interview Pam Herd about her recent JHPPL article, "MAHA Won't Make Americans Healthy Again." Link here: soundcloud.com/user-1083235...
Our paper reflecting on 30 years of Medicaid estate recovery is fully out today! We shed light on policy mechanisms, state variation, and its potential to drive wealth disparities. Thank you to @jhppl.bsky.social for being the perfect home for our work on this understudied, but longstanding, policy.
That's a wrap on the new issue of JHPPL! We're excited about these important new contributions to our understandings of health policy, and hope you'll give it a read. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...
Finally, Noémie Morize reviews James Brasfield's book The Affordable Care Act: At the Nexus of Politics and Policy, which spans not only the enactment of the ACA, but the 15 years of its implementation and the conflicts that arose across all three branches. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
@aspishakthomas.com @emmasandoe.bsky.social & @heatherhhoward.bsky.social examine Medicaid estate recovery. Some states recently initiated policy changes to address problems with Medicaid estate recovery, and the authors evaluate the impact of these policies. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
Thomas Statchen @haroldpollack.bsky.social Amanda Abraham, Christina Andrews, and Colleen Grogan examine Section 1115 waivers concerning substance use disorder. They examine the timeline of waiver reform and assess how well the SUD waivers are working. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...