January 25, 2023

Doctor talking to teenager over video chat

School-based Telemedicine Key for Rural Children

HEALTH POLICY /SOCIAL POLICY
School is the only place for many children in rural areas to access healthcare professionals. Telemedicine, in particular, has dramatically expanded that care. Sarah Komisarow and her co-author found that access to school-based telemedicine clinics (SBTCs) in rural North Carolina reduces student absenteeism and increases the likelihood of math and reading test-taking. There is also evidence that SBTC access reduces violent or weapons-related disciplinary infractions among students.

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Calder Center

How COVID-19 Changed Employer-Sponsored

Health Coverage

HEALTH POLICY
In 2021 and early 2022, Congress passed measures to improve access to health insurance due to COVID-19 and economic instability. An estimated 8 million people gained coverage during this period, mainly due to increases in Medicaid and other public coverage. M. Kate Bundorf and her co-authors found that despite rising employment, employer-sponsored coverage remained unchanged. As the public health emergency subsides, many Medicaid enrollees may now lose eligibility. The authors found that policymakers and employers should be prepared to help those who lose eligibility navigate alternative sources of health insurance.

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Health Affairs

Rethinking Antitrust Policy Through Power Dynamics

SOCIAL POLICY
Consumer prices have risen dramatically, and with only a few large companies providing much of our goods, the ability to control these prices is stifled by outdated methods. Michael Munger reviews the history of antitrust policy and its focus on maintaining pricing and output decisions through the "consumer welfare standard.” With the emergence of "platforms" (firms or apps that solve transaction costs problems) tending towards giantism, calls for a new approach to antitrust have risen. Munger suggests that the problem with platforms is power, not monopoly, and that the new paradigm for antitrust should focus on addressing this power.

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Constitutional Political Economy

National Security: The Policy-Academy Gap

NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY

Putting academic research into action is always a tricky process, but when it comes to national security, policies can have global effects. Peter Feaver analyzes the “policy-academy” gap. He argues that both concerns of the gap being too small and too large are over-drawn and that the current era enjoys a healthy exchange between policymakers and academics. Feaver suggests that the way to improve this exchange is to foster greater intellectual diversity on the academic side rather than trying to separate the two groups.

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Armed Forces & Society

Granting a River Legal Rights in the Battle Against Pollution

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT POLICY / NEWS
North Carolina’s Haw River has been a dumping ground for pollutants for almost a century. Unfortunately, those fighting to make it clean have always faced insurmountable odds against the corporations that pollute it. Barry Yeoman explored the river’s history and talked to those trying to save it. Yeoman found that a new strategy has emerged: granting the river itself inalienable rights.

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The Assembly

Florida Governor and Anti-vaccine Rhetoric

HEALTH POLICY / COMMENTARY

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has built a political career around hot-button issues. From banning books to busing migrants to other states, DeSantis has stayed in the spotlight by dwelling on the divisive. His latest target is COVID vaccines, and Gavin Yamey details the public health ramifications of the governor's language. Yamey concludes that DeSantis wants to use anti-vaccine rhetoric not just to gain votes in a possible 2024 presidential run but to distract from his response to COVID-19.

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The BMJ

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Meet Sanford's New DEI Team

Jay Pearson, the H.M. Foundation Associate Professor of Public Policy, began a term as the inaugural Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Sanford on Jan. 1. Pearson will be joined by Cassandra Boyd, Sanford's new Director of DEI on Feb 1. Learn more about Sanford's commitment to DEI.

David Price speaking to crowd at reception.

David Price Returns to Sanford After 34 Years in Congress

Sanford is welcoming back Congressman David Price as a 2022-2023 Polis Distinguished Fellow. Price was one of the first professors in Duke's Institute of Policy Sciences and Public Affairs (now Sanford School of Public Policy) in 1973. After 17 terms in Congress, he returns to Sanford to share his knowledge and experience with the next generation of policy leaders. Read the story.

Policy 360 Podcast: Carbon Tax

CO2 emissions play a major role in climate change. Guest host and J.D./UPEP doctoral candidate Gabriela Nagle Alverio speaks with Sanford Professor and Interim Director of the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability Brian Murray about different carbon tax approaches and their pros and cons for curbing emissions on Sanford's Policy 360 Podcast. Listen to the podcast.

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