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Policy Action Institute wrap up: Finding common ground can improve public health policy, experts say

Public health advocates who cultivate relationships with decisionmakers and understand their motivations are more likely to be successful turning research into policy. Speakers at the sold-out event in Washington, D.C., stressed the importance of building coalitions, forming stakeholder relationships and telling compelling stories to advance public health policy. 
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Public health leaders urge court to protect Medicaid beneficiaries from harmful waivers in Indiana

The American Public Health Association, along with 67 leading deans and scholars in public health and health law, has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Monte Rose Jr., et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., et al. The brief urges the court to affirm a lower court ruling that the federal government violated the law by allowing Indiana to continue to restrict Medicaid eligibility and coverage of services in its Section 1115 demonstration waiver.

Supreme Court intervenes to allow Trump’s unlawful reorganization of the Federal Government to continue as case proceeds

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted another emergency stay request from the Trump-Vance administration to stay the injunction two lower courts had approved in AFGE v. Trump that halted the unlawful reorganization of the federal government. The court’s decision permits the administration to continue with plans to restructure federal agencies using Agency Reductions in Force and Reorganization Plans, despite the absence of the required congressional authorization. The court specifically did not weigh in on the legality of the agency plans themselves. The case will continue and counsel are considering next steps.

APHA Joins Others to Sue HHS, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for Unlawful, Unilateral Vaccine Changes

Today, the  American Public Health Association (APHA) joins the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College of Physicians (ACP), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Massachusetts Public Health Alliance (MPHA), Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), and a pregnant physician, filed suit in American Academy of Pediatrics v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to defend vaccine policy, and to put an end to the Secretary’s assault on science, public health and evidence-based medicine. 

The Reconciliation Act is not a victory for America

The passage of the reconciliation act is not a victory for America — and those who voted for it are not patriots and should be ashamed. This bill undermines our economic security by increasing our national debt to obscene levels.

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