Has Obamacare found its Bull Connor?
Health care reform in the United States—“Obamacare”—continues to face a bumpy road, according to health policy expert John McDonough of Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Writing in his Boston Globe blog “Health Stew” on September 1, 2013,…
Will they or won’t they? Examining state Medicaid expansion
In June 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that Obamacare’s mandated Medicaid expansion for low-income Americans should be optional for states. Since then, health policy experts have been paying close attention to how individual states are proceeding with the…
Two takes on the Oregon Medicaid study
In a study dubbed the “Oregon Health Insurance Experiment,” researchers compared clinical outcomes among two groups of adults in Oregon—half who were on Medicaid and half who weren’t. The newest findings from the study, published online May 2,…
Prevention Nation: When health care ‘takes over’ the government
Coverage on WBUR, November 16, 2012, featuring HSPH's John McDonough
With Obama re-elected, states scramble over health law
Coverage in The New York Times, November 9, 2012, featuring HSPH's John McDonough
Health care policy under a President Romney
If elected President, Mitt Romney would likely attempt to make major changes in health care policy, according to a Perspective published online October 10, 2012 in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Co-written by John McDonough—professor of…
For payment reform, lessons from the Massachusetts experience
Article in Health Affairs Blog featuring study co-authored by HSPH's John McDonough, September 20, 2012
New patient-centered vision emerging in U.S. primary care
“Primary care may just be the most exciting place to be in medicine in the near future,” HSPH Professor John McDonough writes in his latest Health Stew blog post, published September 12, 2012 on Boston.com. New models for…
HSPH experts comment on Supreme Court health care ruling
Harvard School of Public Health experts provided analysis to major news outlets following the Supreme Court’s decision on June 28, 2012 to uphold most of the Obama administration’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the health care…
After supreme court health care law ruling, expert panelists discuss politics, costs, more
June 29, 2012 -- In a wide-ranging panel discussion at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) on the ramifications of the Supreme Court’s historic health care law ruling, experts addressed some of the biggest questions on people’s minds:…
