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20.06.16
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By Charles C. Mann. Atlantic Monthly, June 2020, pp. 14-17.
Considers how the world is changed by disease outbreaks and pandemics, such as the long-term aftereffects on health and economics from the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic or the bubonic plague of the 1300s. Revisits Hong Kong's collective community action in 2003 that halted the severe acute respiratory syndrome [SARS] epidemic.
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20.06.17
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By Will Anderson. Austin Business Journal, June 5, 2020, pp. 4, 6, 8.
Examines how COVID-19 has disrupted the traditional higher education model. Reports the future of higher education promises to be digital, decentralized, and more focused on preparing students to meet employers' needs.
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20.06.18
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By Jared Bernstein and Janelle Jones. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, June 2, 2020, pp. 1-20.
Presents a historical analysis of economic wellbeing indicators in past downturns, including race and ethnicity, educational attainment, employment and unemployment rates, annual income and earnings, and labor market mobility. Forecasts the potential effects on African American and Hispanic employment and income in the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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https://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/6-2-20bud_0.pdf
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20.06.19
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By Patrik Jonsson and Henry Gass. Christian Science Monitor, May 29, 2020, pp. 1-8.
Discusses police accountability for on-duty deaths, such as that of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Explains the difficulties of police officers' jobs and the public's expectation for them to be "hard on crime, but also respect everyone's rights."
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https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2020/0529/Despite-furor-accountability-lags-for-police.-Here-s ...
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20.06.20
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By Nadra Nittle and John Kelly. Chronicle of Social Change, May 27, 2020, pp. 1-9.
Discusses the decline in calls to child abuse and neglect hotlines amid school closures and shelter-in-place orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Notes hotline calls in Texas decreased by 25 percent in April 2020 when compared to the same month from the previous year, down to 23,000 calls.
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https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/featured/while-child-abuse-call-centers-grew-quiet-helpline-requ ...
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20.06.21
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By David C. Wheelock. Economic Synopses (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis), May 18, 2020, pp. 1-4.
Suggests the pandemics of the past can provide useful data points to help forecast how the COVID-19 pandemic and future pandemics are likely to play out.
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https://files.stlouisfed.org/files/htdocs/publications/economic-synopses/2020/05/18/what-can-we-lear ...
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20.06.22
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By Jackie Benton. Fiscal Notes, May 2020, pp. 1-4.
Highlights the expansion of telemedicine, telehealth, and telemonitoring programs during the COVID-19 pandemic through an emergency rule adopted by the Texas Department of Insurance. Includes perspectives on telemedicine from Ascension Medical Group Texas and the Texas Hospital Association.
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https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/fiscal-notes/2020/may/future.php#article
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20.06.23
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By Chloe Latham Sikes. IDRA Newsletter (Intercultural Development Research Association), May 2020, pp. 5-6, 8.
Argues SB1882, 85th Legislature, R.S., invites privately-managed charter organizations to operate public schools and that new rules adopted by the Texas Education Agency grant these organizations even further control over public school campuses.
Related information at:
https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=5&ti=19&pt=2&ch=97&sch=EE&div=2&r ...
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20.06.24
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By Shao-Chee Sim and Elena M. Marks. Issue Brief (Episcopal Health Foundation), May 2020, pp. 1-4.
Estimates the percentage of Texans eligible for Medicaid or subsidized Affordable Care Act [ACA] Marketplace coverage now and in 2021 following job loss between March 1 and May 2, 2020. Finds the number of Texans falling into the coverage gap, those without access to affordable health care coverage, will grow by 50 percent over the year.
See:
https://www.episcopalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/EHF-COVID-19-Health-Coverage-for-Texans-I ...
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20.06.25
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By C. Daniel Myers, et al.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law, June 2020, pp. 373-418 (Note Length).
Studies the priorities for Medicaid spending by low-income, medically underserved communities. Finds participants in the study preferred broad eligibility consistent with Medicaid expansion and spending in historically underfunded areas. Argues the most affected communities should be involved in the policymaking process.
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https://read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/article-pdf/45/3/373/797321/373myers.pdf
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20.06.26
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By David Kendall. Memo (Third Way), May 6, 2020, pp. 1-5.
Explains measures that Congress can take to ensure stability and security for individuals who have lost employer-provided health insurance due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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https://www.thirdway.org/memo/how-laid-off-and-furloughed-employees-can-keep-their-health-coverage
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20.06.27
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By Zoë Carpenter. Nation, June 15/22, 2020, pp. 13-15, 19.
Describes how COVID-19 disproportionately affects people of color, blue collar essential workers, and the poor, and discusses an underlying system of health care disparities.
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20.06.28
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By Ramesh Ponnuru. National Review, June 1, 2020, pp. 14-16.
Explains the COVID-19 pandemic has renewed questions about federalism and the interaction of the federal government with states.
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20.06.29
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By M. Ray Perryman. Perryman Report and Texas Letter, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 1-7.
Highlights the importance of the Permian Basin's oil and gas production to the Texas and national economies.
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20.06.30
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By Max Eden. Report (Manhattan Institute), May 26, 2020, pp. 1-16.
Brings Idaho's Advanced Opportunities initiative to the attention of state policymakers in other states. Describes the program as a model to improve the quality of high school instruction, decrease the cost of college, and help students who are not college-bound graduate high school with a professional skill.
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https://media4.manhattan-institute.org/sites/default/files/how-idaho-reshaping-high-schools_ME.pdf
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20.06.31
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By Will Anderson. San Antonio Business Journal, May 19, 2020, pp. 1-3.
Reviews the requirements small businesses that received Paycheck Protection Program [PPP] loans must meet for their loans to be forgiven.
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20.06.32
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By Laura Kiniry. Smithsonian Magazine, May 27, 2020, pp. 1-7.
Reports on the revival of drive-ins and carhop services as an option that some restaurants are turning to in order to stay open while complying with COVID-19-related mandates.
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/timley-return-drive-in-restaurant-180974973/
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20.06.33
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By Joey Berlin. Texas Medicine, June 2020, pp. 30-32.
Highlights the recent decision by the Texas Comptroller to delay the tax on medical billing services until October 2021 so a legislative fix can be sought. Discusses the impact of the tax on smaller medical practices.
See:
https://cdn.coverstand.com/55178/660273/4ded25eb5ecf4f1f1a9c947f8acca3779907b771.pdf#page=32
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20.06.34
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By Sean Price. Texas Medicine, June 2020, pp. 42-45.
Describes the increase in medical school residency positions due to the new collaboration between Texas Christian University and the University of North Texas Health Science Center. Examines efforts by state lawmakers to reduce the physician shortage through requirements for new public medical schools, SB1066, 85th Legislature, R.S., and increased funding. Discusses the effect the COVID-19 pandemic could have on the progress made within graduate medical education [GME].
See:
https://cdn.coverstand.com/55178/660273/4ded25eb5ecf4f1f1a9c947f8acca3779907b771.pdf#page=44
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20.06.35
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By Acacia Coronado. Texas Observer, May 27, 2020, pp. 1-17.
Addresses efforts to establish labor protections and health care benefits for domestic workers in Texas. Argues the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated a further need for more inclusive Texas labor laws.
See:
https://www.texasobserver.org/domestic-workers-texas-labor-rights/
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