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Heller in the News
January 31, 2025
The ‘Pro-Worker’ Portable Benefits Scam
In the American Prospect, David Weil says proposed portable benefits distract from the issue of determining which workers are employees and which are independent contractors.
Heller News Release
January 30, 2025
Karen Donelan Joins the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission’s Behavioral Health Workforce Advisory Council
In her new role, Donelan will support the BHWC’s policy development and research, which aim to build, strengthen, and diversify the behavioral health workforce across Massachusetts.
Heller in the News
January 23, 2025
Trump falsely triples number of reported overdose deaths as he targets cartels
In the Washington Post, Traci Green, director of Heller's Opioid Policy Research Collaborative, says statistics have gotten more accurate and overdose deaths have declined in the past year.
Heller in the News
January 14, 2025
Students get inside look at Massachusetts health policymaking at annual forum
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health covers the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum's annual Student Forum, held on Beacon Hill in early January.
Heller in the News
January 14, 2025
Optimism Shaded with Memories Marks Annual MLK Commemoration
The Bedford (Mass.) Citizen covers the Martin Luther King Day Celebration at First Baptist Church, where Interim Dean Maria Madison was the keynote speaker.
Heller in the News
January 13, 2025
Non-addictive pain killer could soon be FDA-approved
On KCBS Radio, Dr. Andrew Kolodny discusses the possible effectiveness of the new drug.
Heller in the News
January 11, 2025
Mass General’s growth comes at expense of affordable health care
In an opinion piece for the Boston Globe, Robert Kuttner writes about how expansion of large health care systems leads to higher health care costs.
Heller News Release
January 10, 2025
Researchers at Heller's Opioid Policy Research Collaborative Publish Report on Pharmacy-Based Access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder
Methadone treatment is an effective treatment for opioid use disorder, but U.S. federal regulations make it difficult for patients to receive it.
Heller in the News
January 10, 2025
The Next Financial Crisis: Insurance
In the American Prospect, Robert Kuttner writes about how increasing damage from fires, hurricanes, and floods will destabilize a lightly regulated industry—and spill over into broader financial markets.
Heller in the News
December 31, 2024
Nurses licensed in 42 other states and jurisdictions will soon be eligible to practice in Mass.
Karen Donelan is quoted extensively in a Boston Globe article about Massachusetts joining the Nurse Licensure Compact.
Heller in the News
December 26, 2024
We need a new way to talk about politics when persuasion fails
In an opinion piece for the Boston Globe, associate research scientist Graham Wright, MPP'15, PhD'16, describes an approach to political dialogue.
Heller in the News
December 18, 2024
The Import of Exports
Robert Kuttner writes about three current books for the New York Review of Books.