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Tag: Public Policy
Statement on Passage of Diagnostic and Supplemental Imaging Legislation in Alaska
A new law in Alaska removes out-of-pocket costs for diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging for people with state-regulated insurance plans.
Helping Public Decision-Making with AI-Based Policy Intelligence System
Electronics and Communications Research Institute (ETRI) announced on July 1 that they have decided to establish a cooperative system with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) to conduct further research regarding the development of an AI policy intelligence system that can assist public policy decision-making.
Susan G. Komen® Urges U.S. House, Senate to Pass Critical Breast Health Legislation After House Committee Vote
Susan G. Komen is urging the U.S. House and Senate to bring the SCREENS for Cancer Act to a floor vote as soon as possible so breast health services are available to those who need them now.
Could Ultra-processed Foods Be the New ‘Silent’ Killer?
Hundreds of novel ingredients never encountered by human physiology are now found in nearly 60 percent of the average adult’s diet and nearly 70 percent of children’s diets in the U.S. An emerging health hazard is the unprecedented consumption of these ultra-processed foods in the standard American diet. This may be the new “silent” killer, as was unrecognized high blood pressure in previous decades.
Five years of legal cannabis in Canada: mixed success
Five years after cannabis legalization in Canada, it appears to be a mixed success, with social justice benefits outweighing health benefits, write authors in a commentary published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.230808.
Possible Government Shutdown Looms
If Congress can’t meet the deadline to extend federal funding by Sept. 30, a government shutdown will take place, affecting everything from government operations to air traffic and childcare services. The U.S. government would shut down at 12:01 a.m. on…
A tax on menthol cigarettes would work better than statewide bans, UW study finds
New research from Simha Mummalaneni and Ali Goli, assistant professors of marketing in the University of Washington Foster School of Business, finds that a menthol cigarette tax is a preferable policy to scattered statewide bans.
California Group Exploring Viability of a Community-Centered Direct Air Capture Hub
Researchers from Berkeley Lab are co-leading a project to explore the creation of a direct air capture facility that uses cutting-edge technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in California’s Southern San Joaquin Valley.
MSU expert: How to get responses from your legislator
When constituents contact their legislators about an issue – whether that is because they agree or oppose an issue – they may not always get a response from their representative or senator.
Investors Force Black Families Out of Home Ownership, New Research Shows
Data from 800 neighborhoods in the Atlanta metropolitan area between 2007 and 2016 revealed that major investors bought homes in majority-minority neighborhoods far from downtowns and in lower-income areas. These homes were often undervalued because of their minority populations, but they remained desirable and offered good market value.
Susan G. Komen® Commends Introduction of Legislation to Remove Financial Barriers to Diagnostic Imaging
Susan G. Komen commends commends the introduction of the Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis (ABCD) Act of 2023 in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. The legislation would remove a significant financial barrier to people receiving medically necessary diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging.
Experts available to comment on anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, PGA Tour and LIV Golf merger — June 19-23
Indiana University experts are available to comment on events of the week of June 19, including the merger of the the PGA Tour and LIV Golf and one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade.
Statement on Passage of Diagnostic Imaging Legislation in Minnesota
Susan G. Komen thanked lawmakers in Minnesota for passing and Gov. Tim Walz for signing legislation that eliminates out-of-pocket costs for diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging.
Statement on Passage of Diagnostic and Supplemental Imaging Legislation in Tennessee
Susan G. Komen thanked Tennessee lawmakers and Governor Bill Lee for signing legislation into law that removes out-of-pocket costs for diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging.
Statement on Passage of Diagnostic and Supplemental Imaging Legislation in Maryland
Susan G. Komen commended the Maryland General Assembly for passing diagnostic and supplemental imaging and Governor Wes Moore for signing it into law. The bill removes a financial barrier to a critical form of screening for some high-risk individuals and an important step in determining the need for a biopsy to rule out or confirm breast cancer.
Statement on Passage of Metastatic Step Therapy Legislation in Oklahoma
Susan G. Komen applauded Oklahoma lawmakers and Governor Kevin Stitt for implementing legislation to prohibit the use of step therapy requirements for metastatic cancer patients.
Statement on Passage of Diagnostic and Supplemental Imaging Legislation in Montana
Susan G. Komen® commends passage of diagnostic and supplemental imaging legislation in Montana. The bill was signed into law by Governor Greg Gianforte.
PGS Global Ed Series #4: Citizens Preferences in Divided Societies
Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University is pleased to invite all to join the PGS Global Ed Series #4: Citizens Preferences in Divided Societies. The talk will be held on Tuesday, 4 April 2023 at 4:30 PM Bangkok time (GMT+7) at PGS Main Classroom (M08) on M Floor, Building 3, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Among the upcoming cases to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court will be Arizona v. Navajo Nation, No. 21-1484. University of Georgia School of Law Assistant Professor Adam D. Orford is available for further commentary
Among the upcoming cases to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court will be Arizona v. Navajo Nation, No. 21-1484. The case focuses on two issues: Whether the opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, allowing the…
Introduction of Diagnostic and Supplemental Imaging Legislation Could Benefit Thousands of Arizonans
Legislation introduced in Arizona would remove financial barriers to imaging that can rule out breast cancer or confirm the need for a biopsy. In 2023, more than 6,240 people will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 920 will die of the disease in Arizona alone.
Researchers Find that to Achieve Long-term Sustainability, Urban Systems Must Tackle Social Justice and Equity
An international coalition of researchers — led by Georgia Tech — have determined that advancements and innovations in urban research and design must incorporate serious analysis and collaborations with scientists, public policy experts, local leaders, and citizens.
UO students working to develop community smoke management plan
Western wildfires have been increasing over the last decade and are expected to become more frequent. As a result, communities are seeing more unhealthy air days. In southern Oregon, Jackson County is creating a smoke management community response plan with the help of two University of Oregon graduate students.
US food insufficiency spiked by 25% after monthly Child Tax Credits expired
In the months after the advance federal Child Tax Credit cash payments ended in December 2021, low-income families with children struggled the most to afford enough food.
Prenatal care for foreign-born Latinx people dropped during 2016 presidential campaign
Rates of prenatal care among foreign-born Latinx pregnant people decreased below expected levels during the 2016 presidential campaign – likely reflecting the effects of harmful anti-immigrant rhetoric, reports a study in the November issue of Medical Care. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
Public policy and insurance expert to testify at House committee hearing on wildfire risk
Dean Matt Auer will testify as a witness for the House Financial Services Committee hearing entitled, “State of Emergency: Examining the Impact of Growing Wildfire Risk on the Insurance Market” on September 22 at 9:00 am
City-based soda pop taxes don’t effectively reduce sugar consumption
As taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages continue to pop up across the U.S. and abroad, public health experts laud their effect on lowering purchases of the calorie-heavy drinks and encouraging healthier habits. But new research from the University of Georgia suggests many soda taxes might actually not be making much of an impact at all when it comes to improving diets and reducing sugar intake.
Transforming data to solve community problems
This summer, Iowa State University students worked on projects addressing local and state government challenges across Iowa, including employment for people with disabilities, analyzing local housing needs, wholesale local food price benchmarking and more.
Highly partisan U.S. election administration should become nonpartisan to preserve democracy, new report recommends
Election Administration In America – Partisan by Design, a recently released report from the Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy at Arizona State University and Open Primaries, a national election reform organization, indicates electoral codes in the United States are rife with rules for how the two major parties – Republican and Democratic – prioritize their power at the exclusion of everyone else.
Mass shootings: Conservative, liberal #socialmedia users starting to agree — enough is enough, says @UNLV researcher
Schoolchildren huddled in Uvalde, Tex. classrooms as classmates and teachers are cut down by a rogue gunman. A peaceful weekend afternoon at a Buffalo, N.Y. grocery store interrupted by a white supremacist who sprays the aisles of elderly, predominantly African American weekend shoppers with an AR-15 style rifle. Only five months into the year, these attacks tallied as the 198th and 214th U.
As Gun Deaths Surge, Researchers Focus on Experiences of Community Violence Interventionists
Landmark study reveals extreme levels of exposure to violence, risk of being shot for street outreach workers.
Choking Local Funding Prevents Terrorism
Terrorist attacks are highly responsive to local funding availability, and financial counter-terrorism can, thus, be effective in reducing terrorism casualties, according to new research by Nicola Limodio (Department of Finance, Bocconi University) forthcoming in Econometrica.
FAU’s LeaAnne DeRigne, Ph.D., Cited in U.S. ‘2022 Economic Report of President Biden’
DeRigne’s research on the importance of paid sick leave benefits cited in President Biden’s report, was published in 2016 in the journal Health Affairs. The study was the first to examine the relationship between paid sick leave benefits and delays in medical care and forgone medical care for both working adults and their family members.
Climate movement must prioritize reproductive rights as SCOTUS looks to reverse Roe v. Wade, expert says
The leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade should sound an alarm for the climate movement, says A.R. Siders, core faculty with the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center. “Reproductive justice is also environmental justice is also…
Policy and Supreme Court experts available to speak on leaked opinion that appears to overturn Roe v. Wade
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 3, 2022) — Last night the news organization Politico reported on a leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision in the Mississippi case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. While the final opinion, expected this summer, could…
Poor and Minority Communities Suffer More from Extreme Heat in U.S. Cities
Low-income neighborhoods and communities with higher Black, Hispanic and Asian populations experience significantly more urban heat than wealthier and predominantly white neighborhoods within a vast majority of populous U.S. counties, according new research from the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy.
UCLA Research Finds U.S. Lags 79 Other Nations in Preventing Immigration Detention of Children
Unlike nearly three-quarters of high-income countries, however, the U.S. has no laws specifically limiting the detention of accompanied migrant and asylum-seeking children, according to a new study by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center (WORLD).
Only 20 states implemented health equity committees to assist with COVID-19 vaccine distribution planning
A new study out of UChicago found that while 43 states (out of 51, including all 50 states and Washington, D.C.) created a committee to develop a vaccine distribution plan, only 20 plans mentioned using a health equity committee to assist with plan development.
War against climate change must include managed retreat – now
Climate change will shape the future of coastal communities, with flood walls, elevated structures and possibly floating cities used to combat sea level rise. New research has found that managed retreat must be part of the solution now, and not a last resort.
Food Insufficiency Rates in California Increased by More Than a Fifth in Earliest Months of Pandemic
A UCLA team has found that in the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than three million Californians reported their households went without sufficient food. That was an increase of 22% from the pre-pandemic rate, and the impact was felt widely across the state, especially among those already facing hunger.
UA Little Rock Receives Nearly $325,000 NSF Grant to Shine Light on Muslim Hate Crimes in Arkansas
Two criminal justice professors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have been awarded a $324,987 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund a three-year program to study anti-Muslim sentiment and Muslim hate crimes in Arkansas. Dr. Tusty ten Bensel, director of the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology, and Dr.
Virtual Event Examines Impact and Evolution of the Role of America’s First Ladies
Prominent scholars, archivists, historians, former White House staff members and insiders gather to explore the fascinating lives and evolving roles of America’s First Ladies Symposium. The event is hosted by the White House Historical Association in partnership with American University’s First Ladies Initiative.
UCLA Expert Available for Comment on Surge in ACA Enrollment
Gerald Kominski, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, is available for expert comment on the surge in enrollment in the Affordable Care Act program. Dr. Kominski is a Professor of Health Policy and Management and Senior…
The Governance Lab Launches Online Course in Innovation for Social Good
The Governance Lab (The GovLab) at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering has launched a free, online course on Solving Public Problems. The 12-part program, presented by Beth Simone Noveck, director of The GovLab, and over 24 global changemakers, trains people to move from demanding change to making it.
Utah economist Phil Dean joins Gardner Institute as Public Finance Senior Research Fellow
The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute today announced the hiring of former State Budget Director and Chief Economist Phil Dean as a Public Finance Senior Research Fellow.
UCI, Tsinghua U.: California’s 2018 wildfires caused $150 billion in damages
Irvine, Calif., Dec. 7, 2020 — In 2018, California wildfires caused economic losses of nearly $150 billion, or about 0.7 percent of the gross domestic product of the entire United States that year, and a considerable fraction of those costs affected people far from the fires and even outside of the Golden State. For a study published today in Nature Sustainability, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, China’s Tsinghua University and other institutions combined physical, epidemiological and economic models to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the impact of the blazes.
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health experts available for media inquires regarding the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr. David Eisenman is director of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Center for Public Health and Disasters and professor-in-residence of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Dr. Jonathan Fielding is a distinguished professor…
Subsidized cars help low-income families economically, socially
Nicholas Klein, assistant professor of city and regional planning at Cornell University, conducted interviews with 30 people who gained access to inexpensive, reliable cars through the nonprofit Vehicles for Change (VFC).
Homelessness and COVID-19
States across the country passed moratoriums on evictions to combat housing insecurity as the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic became clear earlier this year. As the pandemic took hold, the country’s unemployment rate skyrocketed to its highest-ever level since…
NRPA Applauds Congressional Passage of Great American Outdoors Act
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Great American Outdoors Act. The legislation will definitively fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).