A Partnership in Evidence

Criminal Justice

• Axios reports on a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine that suggests that many incarcerated people are avoiding health care treatment due to the existence of co-pays in federal and state prisons.
   
• In the Milbank Quarterly, Harold Pollack and Eshan Dosani make the case that public health and criminal justice issues are intimately linked, and that more investment in research at that intersection is needed.

• KFF Health News outlines what a Harris presidency could mean for hospitals.
   
• The Colorado Consumer Health Initiative’s recent survey of more than 1,400 Coloradans reveals that more than 2 in 3 respondents delayed or went without health care due to cost in the last 12 months and nearly 3 in 4 experienced at least 1 health care affordability burden in the past year.
   
• A poll from the American Heart Association finds the majority of patients fear a return of surprise medical bills.
   
• A joint story by the Commonwealth Fund, PerryUndem, and Arnold Ventures shows how costs continue to be a major concern for Medicare enrollees, leading some to forgo taking their medication as prescribed.

•  It's bipartisan: a survey from New America shows that both Democrats and Republicans are unhappy about the state of higher education.
   
• Third Way discusses how $20 billion in taxpayer dollars, allocated to accredited colleges that graduate fewer than half their bachelor’s degree-seeking students, could have been spent to improve student outcomes. 
   
• The American Enterprise Institute, Education Counsel, and the Century Foundation released a report on financing graduate education. 

• Join us in Austin Sept. 5–7 for The Texas Tribune Festival, Texas’ politics and policy event with nationwide appeal and a roster of speakers including U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, President and CEO of the Bipartisan Policy Center Margaret Spellings, songwriter Lyle Lovett, a talk with Arnold Ventures' Co-founder and Co-chair John Arnold, and panels featuring Jennifer Doleac, AV’s executive vice president of criminal justice, just to name a few. Peruse the schedule and buy tickets here.
   
• Swiftly following, come see us at the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) conference in Nashville, where on Monday, Sept. 9, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., we will host a preconference session entitled, “State Policy Innovations for an Aging America,” which will explore Medicaid managed care, nursing home care, and community-based care among other topics. Register here.

• "[Yun Chuan] loves his bamboo. He's really comfortable in his habitat. He explores, and he's curious," Dr. Megan Owen, VP of Wildlife and Conservation Science for the San Diego Zoo, of the one of two new giant pandas there. They are the first giant pandas to come to the U.S. from China in more than two decades.
   
• And then there were none: in advance of Tropical Storm Debby, an animal shelter in South Carolina was able to find foster homes for all 137 animals in its care.
   
• Teachers have back-to-school supplies to buy every year, and this year, iconic Texas chain Whataburger wants to pick up the tab.