In a new Opinion, Lawrence Gostin contrasts the actions of WHO leadership with that of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to contain two extremely rare outbreaks: Andes hantavirus on the cruise ship MV Hondius, and Bundibugyo ebolavirus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
In a new Q&A and video with Milbank’s Morgan McDonald, Jeffrey Lunardi —then interim Medicaid director at Virginia’s Department of Medical Assistance Services (Cardinal Care) — shares practical lessons on prioritization, nonpartisan leadership, and agency stability during a gubernatorial handoff.
In a new post on the NYC Health Department’s Lincoln Detox Center Healing ARC project, Milbank Fellow Michelle Morse and Robert Rock discuss the importance of truth and reconciliation work and of “community as cure.”
The Hondius Outbreak Shows What Happens When the CDC Retreats from the World
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Last spring Milbank President Debra Lubar left CDC following mass layoffs and a deluge of executive orders and DOGE directives. In a new post, she proposes that agencies take one lesson from that period to heart: that government can act fast to craft a workforce that fits what communities need now.
Each year, 280k older Americans experience the “Medicare Cliff” when they turn 65 and become eligible for Medicare but lose Medicaid coverage. A new article finds that permanent loss of Medicaid was associated with worse physical/mental health, higher mortality & out-of-pocket medical spending.
A new Perspective analyzes the impact of four past large public coverage “contractions”: Reagan-era Medicaid cuts, the 2005 TennCare disenrollment, 2019 Arkansas work requirements, and the Medicaid “unwinding” following the temporary pandemic expansions to estimate the impacts of the OBBBA.
In a new Opinion, David Rosner of Columbia University describes how industries have historically attempted to manipulate science in ways that harm public health. He calls for awareness and vigilance among researchers & policymakers about the ways science can be manipulated by corporate interests.
In a new Opinion, @drjoshs.bsky.social argues that while the Data Quality Act was intended to slow federal regulation of industry, the Act could also serve as a tool for the public health and scientific communities to challenge federal policies that are based on insufficient/misleading information.
Excited to share new work out this week in @milbankfund.bsky.social on Medicaid estate recovery, where I find the implementation of estate recovery is associated with decreases in home equity and Medicaid enrollment among select groups, especially unmarried, Black, white, and those 75+.
News article: In this edited Q&A and video with Milbank’s Morgan McDonald, MD, Jeff Lunardi—then interim Medicaid director at Virginia’s Department of Medical Assistance Services (Cardinal Care)—share...
For more than three decades, I have worked alongside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during many of the world’s most consequential biological threats—from the containment of SARS-...
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About 280,000 older adults experience the “Medicare Cliff” each year, becoming eligible for Medicare and losing Medicaid coverage when they turn age 65 years due to discontinuities in financial eligib...
One year ago in April, I walked off CDC’s campus for the last time, after spending over 20 years in the agency.
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The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025 will cut $1 trillion from federal health care programs over the coming decade and cause 10 million individua...
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Four decades ago, I and Gerald Markowitz published an article in the American Journal of Public Health that attracted a fair amount of attention. The article was about the history of the introduction ...
At the very end of the Clinton Administration, Republican Congresswoman JoAnne Emerson inserted a two-paragraph provision into the 2001 Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act. These paragr...
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This study examines the association between the implementation of Medicaid estate recovery and homeownership, home equity, and Medicaid enrollment among low-income adults.
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