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AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – UMass Amherst hosted the latest Massachusetts Health Policy Forum Wednesday discussing the realities of youth mental health.

Mental Health and Substance Misuse

UMass forum on mental health crisis in Western Massachusetts, 22News, Nov. 1, 2023

Telehealth Pivot Called “Fastest” in Mental Health History, State House News Service, Dec. 3, 2020

Report: Rehabilitation After Brain Injury Could Dramatically Improve Outcomes, Save Taxpayers Millions, Nov. 21, 2019

Working together, we can end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, The Boston Globe, Nov. 26, 2018

The Economic Cost Of The Opioid Crisis, wbur, Nov. 14, 2018

Research Presented on Effect of Opioids in MA Workforce, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Nov. 1, 2018

For many, a struggle to find affordable mental health care, The Boston Globe, Oct. 20, 2018

Many people don’t know how to administer overdose-reversing drugs. Blue Cross is trying to change that, The Boston Globe, Oct. 3, 2018

Wait for mental health treatment in Mass. can take months, study says, The Boston Globe, October 31, 2017

Partners, GE help to launch RIZE, an opioid addiction effort, The Boston Globe, Mar. 28, 2017

Medicaid/Insurance Reform

How has Trump weakened the Affordable Care Act and how can it be strengthened?, BrandeisNOW, Oct. 28, 2020

State Uninsured Rates, WalletHub, Oct. 11, 2018

Health Care, Medicaid Cuts And The Opioid Crisis, wbur, June 27, 2017

Senate Takes A Swing At Health Care, wbur, June 26, 2017

What The House GOP Health Bill Would Mean For Mass, wbur, Mar. 15, 2017

“We Can’t Go Back to Romneycare”: How an ACA Repeal Endangers Massachusetts, Boston Magazine, Mar. 13, 2017

In Mass., federal funds at risk under GOP health care proposal, The Metro West Daily News, Mar. 7, 2017

Should the federal Affordable Care Act be repealed? The Boston Globe, Nov. 18, 2016

Elections

What's At Stake In The 2020 Election For Massachusetts: Health Care And The ACA, wbur, Oct. 28, 2020

Opportunistic Federalism and a Liberal Resurgence, The American Prospect, Dec. 14, 2017

A Look At Potential Changes In Medicaid And Medicare Under President Trump, wbur, Nov. 30, 2016

Public Health

Nearly 30 years after Globe reporter’s shocking accidental chemo overdose, Boston center has plan to reduce medical errors, The Boston Globe, April 26, 2023

Could health insurers charge unvaccinated higher premiums? Experts say it's complicated, News Channel 12, ABC, August 3, 2021

On July 23, 2021, NBC10 Boston and MHPF Executive Director, Michael Doonan, PhD, discuss, "Could Health Insurance Cost More for the Unvaccinated?"

Sudders Likens Door-to-Door Vaccination Effort to Campaign. State House News Service, June 3, 2021

Telehealth Pivot Called “Fastest” in Mental Health History, State House News Service, Dec. 3, 2020

How COVID-19 is impacting health policy at federal, state and local levels, Medical Press, May 5, 2020

Why You Should Study Public Policy in the Age of Trump, The Huffington Post, Jan. 5, 2017

 

Oral Health

States Showcase New Programs that Integrate Oral Health and Primary Care, National Academy for State Health Policy, Sept. 11, 2018

Severe Gum Disease Linked to 24 Percent Higher Risk of Cancer, Tufts Study Find, wbur, Jan. 17, 2018

Dentists to Poor People: Drop Dead, The Boston Globe, Sep. 5, 2017