News Clips, 7/19
Selected News Clips on Health Policy and Health Economics
July 19 — Selected news clips on health policy and health economics.
Managed Care as Medicaid’s Administrative Architecture: Does It Still Provide Value to States? | Milbank Memorial Fund https://www.milbank.org/publications/managed-care-as-medicaids-administrative-architecture-does-it-still-provide-value-to-states/
Why Doesn’t the United States Have National Health Insurance? The Political Role of the American Medical Association | The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Oxford Academic https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/141/3/2147/8669893
Where Republicans’ Cuts to Medicaid Could Cost Them
The race for Virginia’s 1st Congressional District tests the politics of Republicans’ social safety net cuts. https://www.notus.org/2026-election/republicans-medicaid-swing-district-rob-wittman-virginia
‘Cancer Doesn’t Care What Party You Belong To’: Poisoned Water Is Turning This Rural State Bluer – POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/07/19/iowa-water-democrats-agriculture-00992753
How data centers became a symbol of Americans’ rage - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/07/18/how-data-centers-became-symbol-americans-rage/
The Dangerous Unraveling Of The United States’ Family Planning Safety Net | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/dangerous-unraveling-united-states-family-planning-safety-net
The Only Research Center For Disabled Parents Is Losing Federal Funding https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/brandeis-hhs-omb-research-grant-parents-disabilities-funding/
Workforce Projections For Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, And Physician Associates | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2025.01747
Almost half of adults struggled to afford health care in 2025: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation research | https://www.roi-nj.com/2026/06/11/healthcare/almost-half-of-adults-struggled-to-afford-health-care-in-2025-robert-wood-johnson-foundation-research/
Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Program: Court Decisions Spotlight Flaws | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/medicare-advantage-quality-bonus-program-court-decisions-spotlight-flaws
The 340B Rebate Fight Is Really Over Data Infrastructure Nobody Has Built | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/340b-rebate-fight-really-over-data-infrastructure-nobody-has-built
How Unaffordable is Health Care? A Video Series from KFF https://www.kff.org/health-costs/how-unaffordable-is-health-care-a-video-series-from-kff/
Modernizing the Front Door to Care: Evaluation of Veterans Administration Health Connect’s Impact on Access, Utilization, and Patient Experience https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-6773.70151?af=R
Red states reject Trump’s shift on overdose prevention – POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/18/overdose-drugs-kennedy-trumps-harm-reduction-overdose-01004038
DOGE was supposed to be dead. Its remnants are everywhere. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/19/doge-was-supposed-be-dead-its-remnants-are-everywhere/
Yale faces intense pressure from Trump administration — and campus - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/07/19/yale-faces-intense-pressure-trump-administration-campus/
Food Industry Engineering Is Less Important Than Access to Gut Microbiota‐Accessible Foods for Preventing Chronic Disease https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-0009.70111?af=R
Opinion | The Democrats’ ‘Capitalism vs. Socialism’ Debate Is Beyond Useless - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/opinion/democrats-capitalism-socialism.html