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11.17.2017 Question marks painted on a rusty peeling wall

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.

Editor David K. Jones

11.16.2017 Donald Trump delivers his Joint Address to Congress

Health Equity

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?

Editor David K. Jones

10.23.2017 Black and white photo of a bird in the middle of a chain link fence

Allies in Criminal Justice Reform

Massachusetts is one of only four states that has not implemented medical parole, which allows allows incarcerated individuals with terminal illness or permanent incapacitation to return to their communities.

Guest Authors Brena F. Sena, Cherie L. Ramirez

10.10.2017 Tweets on Puerto Rico by President Donald Trump

Puerto Rico: In Need of Real Actions, not Tweets

Despair, anxiety, sadness, anger, frustration, desolation... a few of the emotions felt by Paola Sepulveda-Miranda while waiting for news of her family before and after Hurricane Maria's destruction of Puerto.

Guest Author Paola Sepulveda-Miranda

10.04.2017 a busy street with cars and people

Injection Drug Use in Ghana

People living with addiction in the United States are increasingly visible, as are the challenges they face. In Ghana, they are still living in the shadows.

Editor Jennifer Beard

09.25.2017 Detroit Tiger fan for life

Health Equity

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."

Editor David K. Jones

09.14.2017 a group of houses with palm trees and a body of water

Note from the Field: Using Self-Care to Restore Compassion

Compassion helps public health workers face human suffering every day, but compassion fatigue and numbness can set in if public health professionals neglect their own health and self-care.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

09.13.2017 Caution sign: steep and crumbling cliff

Health Center Funding Cliff

Community Health Centers are facing a major funding cliff unless Congress acts soon. Access to affordable health care hangs in the balance for millions.

Guest Author Brad Wright

09.06.2017 Rows of unplugged conference phones

Reductions in Marketplace Enrollment Assistance: Prudent or Politics?

How has Marketplace call center use changed as open enrollment approaches?

Guest Author Paul Shafer

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