Harold Pollack

I love Hebews 12;1. Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us throw aside every unnecessary weight and sin which so easily entangle us, and let us run with persistence the race that is set before us.

Of course Iran's regine is terrible. Still--This business of killing foreign leaders may not end well. Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return to plague the inventor.

Engaging the Victim’s Voice in Public Safety Research | Milbank Memorial Fund I recently attended a National Institutes of Health (NIH) meeting concerned with criminal justice interventions. Speakers emphasized the importance of involving people with lived experience—which ever...

My latest personal reflections for
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Excited to announce publication of new JHPPL special issue: Public Health Under Siege (ungated) that explores the fate of public health during the second Trump administration:

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YouTube video by djldjldjldjldjl 58th University of Chicago Hillel Latke-Hamantash Debate 2004 (Harold Pollock Part 1)

I came across this video of my 2004 performance at the University of Chicago Hillel Latke-Hamantash Debate youtu.be/rFcPnVCZDtA?... I can't believe that was almost 22 years ago.

Watching USA-Canada hockey, preparing to take my dog out in a cold Feb day, my mind drifts back 48yrs,to watching my friend Andre play junior hockey before delivering afternoon Rochester Times Union papers together. Andre--You are deeply missed.

Why Bruce Springsteen's Music Matters Now More than Ever As I rejoice in having secured tickets to my 47th through 50th Bruce Springsteen concerts – part of my “my book will be out so let’s go celebrate” tour, two concerts of which will be in my beloved New...

Why Bruce Springsteen's Music Matters Now More than Ever
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Reading Five Bullets about subway shooter Bernard Goetz. An irony of my life is my strong resemblance to Goetz. I was sometimes mistaken for him in late-1980s NY. I had also been mugged. Contemplating his motives for perpetrating an atrocity, I'm reminded of the wise adage: Hurt people hurt people.

He Called Me ‘Doc.’ I Called Him ‘Rev.’ Remembering Jesse Jackson’s Moral Leadership He Called Me ‘Doc.’ I Called Him ‘Rev.’ Remembering Reverend Jesse Jackson’s Moral Leadership and Women's Allyship on the Day of His Death

He Called Me ‘Doc.’ I Called Him ‘Rev.’ Remembering Jesse Jackson’s Moral Leadership msmagazine.com/2026/02/17/j...

Task-shifting to reimagine migrant mental health support: A hybrid implementation-preliminary effectiveness study - PubMed Between 2022 and 2024, U.S. cities faced urgent challenges addressing the mental health needs of newly arrived migrants. This hybrid implementation-effectiveness study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary utility of the <i>Reimagining Mental Health Supports for Migrants</i> inte …

I was just reviewing this publication by my colleague Aimee Hilado describing the Reimagining Mental Health Supports for Migrants intervention. Quite an accomplishment that helped so many people. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40719157/

I would think this is a Waiver/State specific question. I’m most familiar with NC…this might fit into the Community Navigator service definition, if the counseling was provided to the beneficiary (caregiver could also attend). But it’d need to be part of a care plan, etc.

Link for the NC 1915(c) Innovations Waiver service definitions:

medicaid.ncdhhs.gov/8p/open

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Neil Young really should have won the Oscar for Philadelphia. I still tear up when I hear that song played.

Thanks much!

Query for followers familiar with Medicaid 1915(c) IDD waivers: If a social worker/other provider holds a counseling session to assist an older-adult caregiver with caregiver/guardianship transition issues, is this a reimbursable service?

An irony of my life is my physical resemblance to subway vigilante Bernard Goetz. I was sometimes confused for him in late-1980s NY. Pondering the new book about the case, I'm reminded once again: Hurt people hurt people.

Thx much.

State-year-level Data Distress Call over the period 2000-2022: Do any followers have data for (a) naloxone access law; (b) the presence of PDMP; (c) HCV prevalence? A bird photography mug is on offer here....

The Continuing Partisan Divide in the Opioid Epidemic McGinty and colleagues1 set out to investigate how US residents view the opioid overdose epidemic, how US residents view persons who live with opioid use disorders, and how our society might best addr...

My commentary in JAMA Network Open: The continuing partisan divide in the opioid epidemic. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Great minds......

On the Cumulative Power of Human Ingenuity And the destructive force of human stupidity

On the Cumulative Power of Human Ingenuity
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Donald's Deadly Sins The Melding of Irrationality with Blackguardry

At Goldhammer brings it.... arthurgoldhammer356783.substack.com/p/donalds-de...

Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me

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Thomas Statchen @haroldpollack.bsky.social Amanda Abraham, Christina Andrews, and Colleen Grogan examine Section 1115 waivers concerning substance use disorder. They examine the timeline of waiver reform and assess how well the SUD waivers are working. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

Today I cancelled my stepmom's Sunday NYT subscription, officially in my dad's name, I've been renewing that for 20yrs. At 94, my stepmom no longer reads the paper. The holidays can be a bittersweet time. We note the empty seats at the table, and we see so many other realities of human aging.

Medicaid’s Essential Investments to Address Health-Related Social Needs | Milbank Memorial Fund nsider the story of John Miller, a fictionalized Chicagoan, who lives with a serious mental illness and co-occurring addiction disorders. He recently left a psychiatric inpatient facility.  Estranged ...

Medicaid waivers to address health-related social needs (HRSN) are under threat due to federal spending cuts, guidance rescinding HRSN language, and executive orders criminalizing homelessness, says @haroldpollack.bsky.social in a new Milbank Quarterly Opinion.

your wellkome.

Prooreading posts is apparently for the little peop3le......

Public Concern about Threats to Public Health and Science Remains Modest  | Milbank Memorial Fund US adults’ awareness of actions threatening public health and science declined between March and September 2025, according to a new survey.

Concerning esults reported by Nagler et al: 59% of Americans are neutral/display some degree of support for cutting funds for work that "provides the foundational knowledge about how the natural world works, which might lead to future discoveries about human health www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...