For the estimated 30 million uninsured Americans, navigating insurance enrollment can be confusing, cumbersome, and intimidating. The hassles are so great that some people have avoided enrollment altogether, and that can be costly for everyone. And when the Biden administration lifts the COVID-19 public health emergency, as it plans to in April, another 18 million people could lose Medicaid coverage.
In this video, HKS Professor Mark Shepard makes the case that making it easier for people to sign up for and stay on Medicaid would boost enrollment and help to defray insurance costs.
You can read more about Professor Shepard's research at ken.sc/enrollment.
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About Harvard Kennedy School:
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a graduate and professional school that brings together students, scholars, and practitioners who combine thought and action to make the world a better place.
Our mission is to improve public policy and public leadership across the United States and around the world so that people can lead safer, freer, and more prosperous lives. Harvard Kennedy School teaches current and future leaders the skills they need to effectively advance the public purpose in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Our renowned faculty and trailblazing research centers pioneer bold new ideas. And as the most international school at Harvard, we convene global leaders in the Forum, host visiting experts in the classroom, and attract a diverse community of faculty, students, and staff.
,public policy,government,public service,harvard kennedy school,changing the world,kennedy,kennedy school of government,SU2kO_TkKis,UCI-ouQQAQteW8IQd7dZVVzw, Business,Society, channel_UCI-ouQQAQteW8IQd7dZVVzw, video_SU2kO_TkKis,Why are people of color less likely to support, mentorship and promotions in the workplace? HKS Professor Elizabeth Linos discusses recent research showing that black women in particular are often excluded from the network effects that can help young professionals grow within the workplace.
Read more about the research at https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/education-training-labor/when-black-women-work-whiter-teams-they-may
,public policy,government,public service,harvard kennedy school,changing the world,kennedy,kennedy school of government,StdXFHXSZBg,UCI-ouQQAQteW8IQd7dZVVzw, Politics,Society, channel_UCI-ouQQAQteW8IQd7dZVVzw, video_StdXFHXSZBg,Pete Buttigieg '04, the United States Secretary of Transportation, recently spoke at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Harvard Institute of Politics about the challenge of working with people you strongly disagree with.
Watch the full event at https://www.youtube.com/live/qiV7xv24KDI?si=bBn8uKvvqDybhyUx
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About Harvard Kennedy School:
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a graduate and professional school that brings together students, scholars, and practitioners who combine thought and action to make the world a better place.
Our mission is to improve public policy and public leadership across the United States and around the world so that people can lead safer, freer, and more prosperous lives. Harvard Kennedy School teaches current and future leaders the skills they need to effectively advance the public purpose in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Our renowned faculty and trailblazing research centers pioneer bold new ideas. And as the most international school at Harvard, we convene global leaders in the Forum, host visiting experts in the classroom, and attract a diverse community of faculty, students, and staff.
,1,With diversity, equity, and belonging efforts at universities and other institutions across the country under scrutiny, it's important to understand what is at stake. "The Case for Equity," a new video series from Harvard Kennedy School and the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, will explore equity in a variety of contexts, including health care, economics, education and more. HKS faculty experts will draw on the latest research to help you understand what kinds of policies will succeed or fail in making a more equitable society.
In this episode, Mark Shepard, Associate Professor of Public Policy, explains what equity is, and why it's relevant to public policy.
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About Harvard Kennedy School:
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a graduate and professional school that brings together students, scholars, and practitioners who combine thought and action to make the world a better place.
Our mission is to improve public policy and public leadership across the United States and around the world so that people can lead safer, freer, and more prosperous lives. Harvard Kennedy School teaches current and future leaders the skills they need to effectively advance the public purpose in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Our renowned faculty and trailblazing research centers pioneer bold new ideas. And as the most international school at Harvard, we convene global leaders in the Forum, host visiting experts in the classroom, and attract a diverse community of faculty, students, and staff.
,1,Read more about this research: https://opportunityinsights.org/paper/collegeadmissions/
Leadership positions in the U.S. are disproportionately held by graduates of a few highly selective private colleges. Could such colleges — which currently have many more students from high-income families than low-income families — increase the socioeconomic diversity of America’s leaders by changing their admissions policies?
In this video, HKS Professor David Deming discusses his research with Professors Raj Chetty of Harvard and John N. Friedman of Brown University, which explores the ways that admissions policies have a cascading effect on the diversity, or lack thereof, at the top of the income scale.
This research was conducted as part of Opportunity Insights, a project based at Harvard University, whose mission is to identify barriers to economic opportunity and develop scalable solutions that will empower people throughout the United States to rise out of poverty and achieve better life outcomes.
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About Harvard Kennedy School:
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a graduate and professional school that brings together students, scholars, and practitioners who combine thought and action to make the world a better place.
Our mission is to improve public policy and public leadership across the United States and around the world so that people can lead safer, freer, and more prosperous lives. Harvard Kennedy School teaches current and future leaders the skills they need to effectively advance the public purpose in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Our renowned faculty and trailblazing research centers pioneer bold new ideas. And as the most international school at Harvard, we convene global leaders in the Forum, host visiting experts in the classroom, and attract a diverse community of faculty, students, and staff.
,1,How to galvanize leaders and policymakers to action on the world's most pressing problems? It's not with a list of numbers. Instead, it depends on telling compelling stories about real people.
On this episode of Behind the Book, we'll take a look at Lauren Brodsky's new book, "Because Data Can't Speak for Itself: A Practical Guide to Telling Persuasive Policy Stories," co-authored with David Chrisinger.
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About Harvard Kennedy School:
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a graduate and professional school that brings together students, scholars, and practitioners who combine thought and action to make the world a better place.
Our mission is to improve public policy and public leadership across the United States and around the world so that people can lead safer, freer, and more prosperous lives. Harvard Kennedy School teaches current and future leaders the skills they need to effectively advance the public purpose in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Our renowned faculty and trailblazing research centers pioneer bold new ideas. And as the most international school at Harvard, we convene global leaders in the Forum, host visiting experts in the classroom, and attract a diverse community of faculty, students, and staff.
,1,For the estimated 30 million uninsured Americans, navigating insurance enrollment can be confusing, cumbersome, and intimidating. The hassles are so great that some people have avoided enrollment altogether, and that can be costly for everyone. And when the Biden administration lifts the COVID-19 public health emergency, as it plans to in April, another 18 million people could lose Medicaid coverage.
In this video, HKS Professor Mark Shepard makes the case that making it easier for people to sign up for and stay on Medicaid would boost enrollment and help to defray insurance costs.
You can read more about Professor Shepard's research at ken.sc/enrollment.
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About Harvard Kennedy School:
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a graduate and professional school that brings together students, scholars, and practitioners who combine thought and action to make the world a better place.
Our mission is to improve public policy and public leadership across the United States and around the world so that people can lead safer, freer, and more prosperous lives. Harvard Kennedy School teaches current and future leaders the skills they need to effectively advance the public purpose in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Our renowned faculty and trailblazing research centers pioneer bold new ideas. And as the most international school at Harvard, we convene global leaders in the Forum, host visiting experts in the classroom, and attract a diverse community of faculty, students, and staff.
