Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with Health Policy How to target opioid funding to states that need it most According to new research from Batten’s Christopher J. Ruhm, the federal government’s opioid grant funding structure favors the least populous states, which are not always the states with greatest need. In an op-ed for The Hill, Ruhm suggests several ways to improve the targeting of federal grants that aim to assist states with opioid problems. Read More Research and Commentary, Health Policy, Economics Federal Opioid Grant Funding Favors Least Populous States, Not Those With the Greatest Need In a new paper published in the journal Health Affairs, Batten’s Christopher J. Ruhm and co-author Bradley A. Katcher find that the federal government’s opioid grant funding structure favors the least populous states, which are not always the states with greatest need. Read More Health Policy, Economics Black People’s Pain Has Long Been Underestimated. It’s Time For That To Change. Compelling evidence from multiple studies points to racial disparities in healthcare—both in access to care and quality of care. In an article for Women's Health, Batten's Sophie Trawalter discusses her research exploring racial bias in healthcare. Read More Research and Commentary, Racial Justice and Equity, Health Policy Understanding COVID-19-Era Enrollment Drops among Early-Grade Public School Students The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted schooling nationwide, raising serious concerns about the impact of the pandemic on children’s learning. But, as Batten’s Daphna Bassok and co-author Anna Shapiro write in Brooking’s “Brown Center Chalkboard” blog, relatively less has been written about the experiences of the “missing children”—those who have not enrolled in public school at all. Read More EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness, Health Policy, Education Williams: Public Option in Biden Plan Could Change the Face of US Health Care President Biden issued ten executive orders to fight COVID-19 on his first day in office, but his health care platform extends far beyond coronavirus. In an article for The Conversation, Batten’s Michael Williams explores the sweeping health care reforms proposed by the Biden administration and the significant impact they could have on Americans. Read More Research and Commentary, Health Policy, Democracy Batten's Margaret Foster Riley and Colleagues Weigh in on Biden's COVID-19 Plan According to experts interviewed Friday in a webinar hosted by UVA's Miller Center, we are in a grim period, but if we continue to follow public health measures and increase vaccinations, the end of the pandemic is at least in sight. Read More Research and Commentary, Health Policy, Miller Center, Social Equity The Lobbyist Is In: A UVA Youth Health Advocate Takes on a Polarized Congress People told Batten's Brooke Lehmann she would never find bipartisan support for school-based health centers. She didn’t listen. Read More Advocacy, Health Policy Key justices seem inclined to uphold the Affordable Care Act. But uncertainty remains. In the latest edition of Batten Expert Chats, Batten professor and health economist Sebastian Tello-Trillo discussed the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on the healthcare law, as well as its policy implications. Read More Research and Commentary, Health Policy, Economics Conservatives worry that Obamacare is a ‘super-statute.’ It isn’t quite one yet. Obamacare is a limited law, full of compromises that were necessary to secure its enactment. Read More Research and Commentary, Health Policy, Domestic Policy & Politics Engelhard: Time for an All-Payer Health System? Economists tell us that setting the price of a good or service depends on market forces that balance supply and demand in order to optimize output with minimal waste. Read More Research and Commentary, Health Policy, Domestic Policy & Politics Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ›› Subscribe to Health Policy Categories Curriculum(19) Minor(24) Alumni (1)BA(38) Events(8) Career Outcomes(5) Student Life(21) Accelerated MPP(40) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)New Student(2) Batten Ambassadors(18) Recommendations(6) Admissions(28) Personal Statement(2) Essays(4) Application(22) MPP(27)