By Tim Horn Arguments favoring universal health care (UHC) are easy. Achieving political consensus as to the best strategy to achieve this is considerably more vexing. This is particularly true in the U.S., where the Affordable Care Act (ACA) patchwork…
How U.S. southern states are moving ahead without full health care coverage By Jeremiah Johnson & Kenyon Farrow Activists and health departments around the country continue to advance strategies to ‘End the Epidemic’ (EtE) in their jurisdictions, yet a central…
What does the research tell us? By Richard Jefferys After a long period during which HIV incidence rates seemed distressingly immutable, the last few years have seen a rapid accumulation of evidence that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and HIV viral load…
Reining in prescription drug prices isn’t so much a potential benefit of universal health care, but rather a factor in its affordability and success By Tim Horn If there is one thing the majority of Americans agree on, it’s that…
Claiming and strategizing the HIV community’s role in universal health care advocacy By Suraj Madoori and Maximillian Boykin Perhaps the most impressive narrative in the lead-up to the dramatic defeats of the disastrous Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal-and-replace bills in…
Globalizing the insurance model will harm global public health By Annette Gaudino In the New York City of the 1850s, firefighting was a private enterprise. Homeowners and landlords purchased insurance plans that included protection from a dedicated fire brigade. When…
By Tim Horn With every major election, particularly one that secures or fortifies Republican control of the White House, Senate, or House of Representatives, a certain amount of worry and strategy realignment is to be expected from public health activists…
With every major election, particularly one that secures or fortifies Republican control of the White House, Senate, or House of Representatives, a certain amount of worry and strategy realignment is to be expected from public health activists and civil society.…
The 21st Century Cures Act and a right-wing war on regulations are direct threats to FDA evidentiary requirements for drugs, biologics, and devices By Tim Horn and Suraj Madoori What could possibly be wrong with legislation beamishly called the 21st…
Lingering Republican threats to the ACA and Medicaid do no favors for America’s working poor By Annette Gaudino The 2016 election is in large part a story of the failure of existing health policy to adequately address a health…