
John E McDonough’s personal Substack on health policy, politics, and more...
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For many decades, the Gallup organization has been measuring Americans’ confidence in our key societal institutions, 9 measures annually since 1979 and 14 since 1993. One of the institutions on their list of 14 is “the medical system” where...
Sixty years have passed since the federal government compelled all U.S. acute care hospitals to end racial segregation by July 1 1966 as the price to participate in the new national health insurance program called Medicare.
If you don’t kn...
The 4th of July has never been among my favorite holidays. Too much unfiltered and unbalanced jingoism for my taste. Today’s New York Times article by Jason Farago tosses all those reservations behind in a spectacular online merging of upli...
Dr. Drew Altman recently announced his upcoming retirement as President and CEO of the kff.org (formerly the Kaiser Family Foundation) at the end of this year. His tenure has been a long and distinguished ride. He is taking advantage of his...
Nothing quite like data to get an informed conversation going. Even better when the data source is KFF.org, our nation’s indispensable source for health news, polling, and thoughtful analysis. They don’t disappoint in their new report from...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
I write on US/state health policy/politics. I’m a prof at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. I’m a former state rep and US senate staffer. I’ve done 4 books (one coming Aug. ’26.) Thanks for checking this out. — John McDonough
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