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12.12.2016 a graph of health care and social care

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The Public Health Spending Mismatch

We are spending more on medical, curative care, but far less than other nations on building the conditions that make people healthy.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

12.09.2016 Closeup of a child's mouth with a loose tooth

Should School Kids Have Gum Breaks?

Chewing gum has been treated like candy for so long that parents, teachers, and schools may struggle to accept my recommendation: kids should have three gum-breaks a day in school.

Fellow Maggie Thomas

12.08.2016 Photo of a painted wall mural in Senegal saying "Stop SIDA"

Campaigns Offer a Healthy Way Out for Senegalese MSM

In part three of PHP's series on LGBT health in Senegal, an NGO assists Senegalese MSM via three education campaigns that emphasize sexual and reproductive health and harm reduction.

Editor Nicholas Diamond

12.02.2016 Empty black and white legislative chamber at the Illinois state capitol

Public Health without a Budget: Budget Crisis in Illinois

Illinois gained notoriety as the only state in the US to spend 2016 without a state budget and the first state to go a year without a budget in close to a century.

Fellow Maggie Thomas

11.30.2016 The word "thinktank" with a cloud bubble graphic

Do Think Tanks Matter? Think again.

Reports or policy analysis from think tanks are covered by mainstream media, yet may hit a brick wall in government when confronted by skeptical policy professionals.

Guest Author Carey Doberstein

11.29.2016 Governor Steve Beshear making a speech

ACA Politics: Lessons from Kentucky

Steven Beshear, former Governor of Kentucky, the state that most aggressively embraced and succeeded in implementing the Affordable Care Act as a core part of a holistic strategy to improve its collective health, suggests putting partisan fervor aside.

Guest Author Steven L. Beshear

11.23.2016 Protesters carrying a banner saying Stop Dakota Access Pipeline

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Standing for Native American Health Care Equity

This Thanksgiving, Americans will imagine an almost mythological scene of pilgrims sharing a meal with the Plymouth natives. A more accurate portrayal of Native-settler relations is on display over the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Guest Author Dennis Wendt

11.22.2016 a yellow gingerbread man with different colored symbols

The Genderbread Person 3.0

The Genderbread Person deconstructs gender and sexuality to clarify the differences and interrelationships of five dimensions of human identity and behavior.

Fellow Maggie Thomas

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