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Weissert, Carol S.; Uttermark, Matthew J.

doi:10.1177/0160323x17741945

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“…Although not immune from criticism, a direct reverse causal link, whereby health predicts medium household income is somewhat less worrying. Still more, previous research suggests income inequality is a good predictor of both environmental and health outcomes (Torras 2005; Weissert and Uttermark 2017). The argument is that reduced inequality leads to greater communication, negotiation, and consultation between societal cleavages or groups.…”

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Voting Restrictions and Public Health: An Analysis of State Variation 1996–2020

Schraufnagel

2023

State and Local Government Review

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The study examines the relationship between voting restrictions and public health in the 50 American states. Using a recently developed Cost of Voting Index (COVI) as a surrogate for variance in state electoral climate the research tests for a statistical relationship while controlling for other considerations that notably influence community health outcomes. The research uses the America’s Health Rankings composite indicator of state health as the dependent variable and examines the relationship at seven points of time over a 25-year period (1996–2020). In both bivariate and multivariate tests, a robust relationship is uncovered between the COVI and overall state health. In the bivariate tests, it is possible to see changes in state COVI values, overtime, corresponding with movement in the state public health scores.

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Voting Restrictions and Public Health: An Analysis of State Variation 1996–2020

Schraufnagel

2023

State and Local Government Review

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State strategies to address medicaid prescription spending: negotiated pricing vs price transparency

Noh

Janousek

Park

2020

HEPL

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This research longitudinally examines the association between levels of state Medicaid prescription spending and the state strategies intended to constrain cost increases: the negotiated pricing strategy, as indicated by state rebate programs, and the price transparency strategy, as indicated by state operation of All-Payer Claims Databases. The findings demonstrate evidence that state Medicaid prescription spending is influenced by the negotiated pricing strategy, especially Managed Care Organization (MCO) rebates under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but not influenced by the price transparency strategy. State decisions for MCO rebates, such as carving prescription benefits into managed care benefits, were effective in containing levels of Medicaid prescription spending over time, while other single- and multi-state rebate programs were not. Based on these findings, state policymakers may consider utilizing the MCO rebate program to address increases in Medicaid prescription spending.

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Governors in Control: Executive Orders, State-Local Preemption, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Weissert

Uttermark

Mackie

et al. 2021

Publius: The Journal of Federalism

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The nation’s governors took strong and decisive action in responding to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, often directly affecting their local governments. These actions allow us to examine this question: Will governors’ actions in an unprecedented emergency situation centralize the authority of the state or rely on local governments to deal with localized problems? Additionally, what factors affect those decisions? We examine all governors’ executive orders affecting local governments in the first five months of the 2020 pandemic. We find that preemption did occur, especially in the early months of the pandemic. States that gave their localities more autonomy were associated with preemption throughout the pandemic; the governor’s party affiliation and her ideological match with local officials were associated with greater preemption in some phases of the pandemic but not others.

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Cited by 7 publications

References 21 publications

Voting Restrictions and Public Health: An Analysis of State Variation 1996–2020

Voting Restrictions and Public Health: An Analysis of State Variation 1996–2020

State strategies to address medicaid prescription spending: negotiated pricing vs price transparency

Governors in Control: Executive Orders, State-Local Preemption, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

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