IMPORTANCE OF ACCURATE FRAMING

is a discussion of how decisions can be influenced by the words used to define problems and propose solutions for them. Read More

THE CHALLENGING ROAD TO ENACTING LAWS

describes how certain bills are scored by the Congressional Budget Office to project their budgetary impact after they are enacted. Read More

HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS

refers to comparisons of health care between the U.S. and other high-income peer nations; “deaths of despair;” and initiatives by the states to improve health care. Read More 

DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

is about efforts to reduce student educational loan debt, Pell Grants for incarcerated members of the population, and new negotiated rulemaking by the U.S. Department of Education. Read More

QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)

• Provisional Life Expectancy Estimates For 2020

• COVID-19’s Impact On Black Versus White Households 

• Core Outcomes For Patients Living With Long COVID

• Longitudinal Association Of Tau Concentrations And Physical Activity With Cognitive Decline  Read More

OBTAINABLE RESOURCES

• Federal Policy Priorities For The Direct Care Workforce

• ·Reducing The Impact Of Dementia In The United States

• The Future Of American Higher Education

• Can Health Organizations Improve Health Equity? Read More

LANGUAGE CHOICE IN REDUCING STIGMA AROUND HEALTH CONDITIONS

indicates how the words used to describe mental illnesses and substance use disorders can affect the likelihood that individuals will seek help and the quality of care that they receive. Read More

INCONSISTENT COMMUNICATION ABOUT COVID-19 VACCINES

pertains to how conflicting narratives by public officials about this disease has created mistrust and confusion. Read More