The so-called "family values" party is trying to re-start the Mommy Wars: pitting married stay-at-home moms against unmarried, employed-but-low-income moms in a bid for scarce childcare resources, rather than actually investing more to support all families with kids. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...

Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones (Gift Article)

The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.

nytimes.com

PEN REVIEW: this is one quality clicky ballpoint. polymer reinforced clip, tactical flush rubber grip, brushed aluminium accents. and a good journal name on the side so your peers know how well-read you are. 5/5 clicks.

Sarah Gollust@sarahgollust.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hi health politics nerds! Are you attending #APSA2026? Do you love @jhppl.bsky.social? Do you want to be one of the first to receive a 50th anniversary commemorative pen? If the answer is “yes” to all, follow along…

Arrived late because of flight delays, but heartily enjoying the #APSA2016 panel of all-stars discussing @mirandayaver.bsky.social’s book - Mark Peterson, @smettler.bsky.social and @povertyscholar.bsky.social offering important commentary about prior authorization in private health insurance. (1/2)

I have arrived at #APSA2026. Why oh why are the name badges so jangly? I feel like an outdoor cat with a bell on me. I promise I’m not going to sneak up on any birds! #IYKYK

“The Los Angeles Unified Board is banning student access to AI tools on district-provided laptops and tablets. The announcement comes after the Los Angeles Unified School District voted to limit screen time for students in June.”

LAUSD Bans Students From Using AI on School Devices

LAUSD has blocked about 378,000 students from accessing generative AI tools on district-issued laptops and tablets.

lamag.com

NYC has announced a one-year moratorium, the most expansive in the nation, "that eliminates AI use for students in grades 2-K through 8th grade. This includes all software that uses student-facing generative AI. Companion chatbots will be prohibited across all grades."

Mayor Mamdani and Chancellor Samuels Put Students First with Nation’s Broadest Generative AI Moratorium in Schools

nyc.gov

Two more days until these gorgeous pens arrive at #APSA2026. (With me.) Who wants one?

Sarah Gollust@sarahgollust.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hi health politics nerds! Are you attending #APSA2026? Do you love @jhppl.bsky.social? Do you want to be one of the first to receive a 50th anniversary commemorative pen? If the answer is “yes” to all, follow along…

Hi health politics nerds! Are you attending #APSA2026? Do you love @jhppl.bsky.social? Do you want to be one of the first to receive a 50th anniversary commemorative pen? If the answer is “yes” to all, follow along…

Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops

No big deal, but my pandemic kindergartener started seventh grade today. 🥹 (What? How?!)

Among so many other great things, I will remember Dolly Parton for being a staunch advocate for vaccines, donating $1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in April 2020, which supported the early scientific research that helped develop the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Ally Whelan@amwhelan.bsky.social · 2w ago

Dolly Parton, Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80

Horrible news. “Two people have died of measles in Pennsylvania, the state’s health department confirmed Tuesday. Both people were unvaccinated. They are the first such deaths in the U.S. this year, and the first in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 35 years.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

Two die of measles in Pennsylvania outbreak

The deaths are the first measles-related fatalities in the U.S. this year. Both people had not been vaccinated against the illness.

nbcnews.com

@jhppl.bsky.social articles fill up my syllabi fast. One of my favorites to assign in my Public Health Advocacy class is “Building Power for Health” by @povertyscholar.bsky.social , which explores how grassroots efforts are critical in shaping Medicaid policy. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

Miranda Yaver@mirandayaver.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happy start to the new year! What @jhppl.bsky.social articles are we all teaching? I'll start: In my Administrative Burden & Inequality class, I'm assigning the JHPPL article "Unlimited Discretion," which shows how state discretion re abortion can worsen burden. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

I've got this assigned for next week in my health policy class: doi.org/10.1215/0361...

The Changing Role of the Government in American Health Law

Abstract. The government's role in shaping health law and health care in the United States has evolved dramatically over the last 60 years. In some aspects, including in its administration of Medicare...

doi.org

Share an article from @jhppl.bsky.social that is on your syllabus or that you recommend for others and get a pen at #APSA2026! (Self promotion is great!) bsky.app/profile/sara...

Miranda Yaver@mirandayaver.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happy start to the new year! What @jhppl.bsky.social articles are we all teaching? I'll start: In my Administrative Burden & Inequality class, I'm assigning the JHPPL article "Unlimited Discretion," which shows how state discretion re abortion can worsen burden. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

A new Children’s HealthWatch study offers an important window into how mothers of young children experienced the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit—and what happened when the monthly payments ended. Learn more: read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

ABLE accounts have such potential to help people w/disabilities. We must address their punishing administrative burdens. "Administrative and Financial Barriers to Using ABLE Accounts for People with Disabilities" Our team in JHPPL. @jhppl.bsky.social watermark02.silverchair.com/12757915.pdf...

New article with former SU grad student @emmadreher.bsky.social: read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl.... We randomly assign people to recall in detail either interactions with their doctors or interactions with their insurance providers, and find no effect of either on health policy attitudes.

Thrilled to share my new article with @emilythorson.bsky.social has been published @jhppl.bsky.social. While we found null effects of healthcare experiences on policy attitudes, it’s worth considering how this may shift as negative insurance experiences become more salient in public discourse.

Emily Thorson@emilythorson.bsky.social · last mo.

New article with former SU grad student @emmadreher.bsky.social: read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl.... We randomly assign people to recall in detail either interactions with their doctors or interactions with their insurance providers, and find no effect of either on health policy attitudes.

Hi health politics nerds! Are you attending #APSA2026? Do you love @jhppl.bsky.social? Do you want to be one of the first to receive a 50th anniversary commemorative pen? If the answer is “yes” to all, follow along…

NEW: The NIH is quietly restricting funding for research that evaluates how public policy impacts human health. According to internal documents I obtained, the agency no longer considers policymakers "mission relevant" — a massive shift for the biomedical funder. My latest for @nature.com:

NIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policy

US biomedical agency no longer considers policymakers as ‘mission relevant’, leaving dozens of grants in limbo.

nature.com

No, there's no reason to split up the MMR vaccine. No, vaccines don't come in vats. Yes, a lot "bad can happen from what we’re doing."

Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About Childhood Vaccines After Executive Order (Gift Article)

Mr. Trump signed an executive order on Monday calling to scale back the number of vaccinations American children receive.

nytimes.com

This is a nightmare.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Trump: "At one year, you should have 5 separate visits for vaccines rather than getting them all in the same day. I've seen proof of where they have a vaccination thing that looks like the size of a bottle of soda and pour it into a little child's body."

So, Trump wants to make the MMR vaccine into three vaccines? Let’s see, three separate trips to the pediatrician, three copays, more missed work, and more missed appointments, leaving kids not fully protected from measles, mumps and rubella. None of it supported by scientific evidence.

BREAKING — Trump is planning to sign an executive order today that calls for spacing out childhood vaccines, breaking the MMR into three separate shots and making other key vaccine changes. @lenasun.bsky.social @rachelroubein.bsky.social

Trump administration order would upend nation’s childhood vaccine schedule

The president has pushed to narrow which vaccines are administered to children and split shots up into multiple appointments.

washingtonpost.com

New issue of @jhppl.bsky.social just dropped! (I unabashedly love the hard copy)! Special issue on “Health Politics and Democracy”, edited by Holly Jarman, @askellyphd.bsky.social, Herschel Nachlis, and @charleywillison.bsky.social.

Finally, do you also want the joy of holding a hard copy issue of @jhppl.bsky.social? Did you know you could order all six issues annually in print and online for just $66 (for students is only $39)? WHAT A BARGAIN. Subscribe here: dukeupress.edu/jhppl

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

dukeupress.edu

New issue of @jhppl.bsky.social just dropped! (I unabashedly love the hard copy)! Special issue on “Health Politics and Democracy”, edited by Holly Jarman, @askellyphd.bsky.social, Herschel Nachlis, and @charleywillison.bsky.social.

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

On Tuesday, the Trump Admin announced they were ending the Medicare Part D subsidy program. Touching the third rail of politics is a heckuva strategy going into midterms (part D open enrollment starts 10/15). My latest analysis for @msnowreports.bsky.social. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Opinion | Trump’s Medicare change comes at a curious time

Less than three weeks before the midterm elections, America’s most reliable voting bloc will receive notice of higher healthcare costs.

ms.now