The Health Management & Policy Governance Lab analyzes politics and policymaking to understand how these factors contribute to our health.
Considering Policy Alignment in Pandemic Response
The Role of Cardiovascular Disease in U.S. Life Expectancy; Stalls Due to CVD, Not Drug Deaths
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) trends have shed new light on life expectancy movement in the United States. The stall in U.S. life expectancy may have a greater relation to the prevalence of CVD than to drug related deaths.
Is Medicaid expansion an effective health policy tool to target chronic homelessness?
While Medicaid has the capability to provide much-needed medical and housing services to persons who are homeless in the United States, administrative burden could hinder efficient and effective implementation in cities where it has been expanded.
The Post-Truth Pandemic
The inability to communicate across class, ethnic, and political lines is by no means a new problem. However, as is the case for so many social tensions, the events of the past year have put this failure to communicate in high relief.
Political Culture and Lockdown Policy
Liberal democracies, like most European countries and the United States, have a cultural aversion to lockdowns and the sacrifices necessary to make them effective.