Commencement 2013: Award winners
Each year, several awards are presented to graduating students, faculty and staff at the Harvard School of Public Health. STUDENT AWARDS Albert Schweitzer Award Dr. Mary Mwanyika Sando, Master of Public Health Dr. Fang-Ching Sun Memorial Award Dr.…
U.S. governors mixed on Medicaid expansion
There appears to be no clear consensus among U.S. governors regarding the Medicaid expansion as called for in the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—which could deeply affect the future of the U.S. health care system, according to a Harvard…
Impact of Medicaid on health of the poor
An HSPH study showing potential health benefits of states expanding Medicaid to more low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act, and possible serious negative consequences of not doing so, was cited in a New York Times editorial July…
Medicaid expansion may lower death rates, study says
Coverage in the New York Times, July 25, 2012, featuring HSPH's Benjamin Sommers
Expanding Medicaid to low-income adults leads to improved health, fewer deaths
As States Consider Expansion Following Supreme Court Ruling on Health Reform, Study Shows Significant Benefits of Covering More People For immediate release: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Boston, MA - A new study from Harvard School of Public Health…
HSPH authors contribute five papers to latest issue of Health Affairs
The November 2011 issue of Health Affairs, which examines synergies among community development, health care, and public health, includes five papers by HSPH authors. HSPH Professors [[Arnold Epstein]] and [[Katherine Swartz]] and lead author [[Benjamin Sommers]], assistant professor…
Policy makers should prepare for major uncertainties with Medicaid expansion
For immediate release: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Boston, MA – The number of low-income, uninsured Americans enrolling in Medicaid under the expanded coverage made possible by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 could vary considerably from the…
Millions of Americans may churn in and out of health coverage under Affordable Care Act
Millions of Americans could lose insurance for periods of time under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report in Health Affairs co-authored by Benjamin Sommers, assistant professor of health policy and economics at HSPH. Under the…
Health policy news: Can Medicaid successfully enroll the uninsured?
The broad expansion of Medicaid to cover all adults whose family income is below 133% of the federal poverty line is one of two strategies that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act calls for to expand health…
Cutting health costs
Benjamin Sommers, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Economics, discusses the necessity of cutting health costs and slowing the rate of health cost growth in the U.S. September 28, 2010 (5:35) Please click the player icon above to…
