Publications

Governor Sherrill’s first budget proposal provides an early look into the administration’s healthcare affordability agenda. In her budget address, the Governor called healthcare “one of the biggest crises of our time.” The administration’s Affordable Healthcare Action Team has plainly stated that, “For far too many residents, healthcare is simply too expensive.” We agree. Governor Sherrill […]

The recent 43-day federal government shutdown was driven most prominently by disagreements over healthcare affordability. The immediate impasse centered on expiring pandemic-era subsidies for health insurance in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Exchanges. Without these enhanced subsidies, consumers in New Jersey and nationwide face a more than doubling of their insurance premiums, with […]

In 1992, political strategist James Carville famously said, “It’s the economy, stupid!” in reference to the messaging needed to get Bill Clinton elected. Carville’s admonition applied just as much to this year’s state and local elections. There is broad consensus that Mikie Sherrill and other Democrats swept the polls because they centered their campaigns on […]

Concern about mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic has been appropriately high. A recent review of a vast and diverse literature on the topic last year concluded that mental health did in fact worsen in the pandemic, but that – on average – people remained remarkably resilient in the face of pandemic stressors. But averages […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a source of unprecedented stress and uncertainty across the US and globally. And we know that some groups including minorities, women, and older individuals have experienced much greater difficulty than others, exacerbating long-standing inequities in health and well-being. One group of significant concern are those who suddenly lost their jobs […]