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The Role of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Public Policy Decision-Making

WebCost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) is a process used by governments to make and evaluate public policy through the quantification of consequences. The current scholarship recognizes it as a system used to crudely implement utilitarianism, which claims that actions are only right if they promote happiness or pleasure.

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Bringing down healthcare costs: How can society promote …

WebBy Hewett Chiu Mr. and Mrs. Garcia walked into a local community clinic. Mr. Garcia has had trouble breathing for quite a while now, but he has resisted seeing a doctor.

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Spring 2019 Journal: The Case for Standardization in Health …

WebBen Kane is a second-year Master of Public Policy candidate at the Goldman School of Public Policy.. Endnotes. Note: Monthly Net Premiums for Silver 70 plans available in 2018 to a 27 year-old making $35,000 per year. Hoffman, Beatrix. “Restraining the Health Care Consumer: The History of Deductibles and Co-Payments in U. S. …

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Comparative Health Systems: Lessons Learned from France

WebTo measure France’s progress towards static efficiency, this analysis examines spending per patient discharge and rates of rehospitalization. Hospital spending per discharge in France is $10,591, compared to $21,063 in the United States. Also, rates of rehospitalization are 5.3 times higher in the United States.

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Cost-Sharing Could Improve an American Single-Payer Health …

WebBy Ben Menzies. As the notion of a single-payer healthcare system has returned to center stage in American politics, proponents have pointedly eschewed any element of cost-sharing in their legislative proposals.

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Sleep is Healthy: A Simple, Old Idea with Big Consequences

WebBy Alison Chopel. Introduction. When we think of a healthy lifestyle, the first things that come to mind are diet and exercise. Sleep is the third, and often overlooked, essential ingredient of healthy behavior, as demonstrated …

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Policy Brief: Effects of Childhood Parental Loss on Mental Health

WebBen Wicks Via Unsplash. By Julie Grassian. Problem Statement: 1 in 20 children in the United States experience the loss of one parent or guardian before the age of 15. 1 Even more shocking is that 2 million children in the United States have lost both parents before the age of 18. 1 Parental death is considered to be among the most …

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The Food Warning Label Dilemma: How Front-of-Package Labels …

WebEstefania Suarez is a Master of Public Policy candidate (’24) at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent those of the Berkeley Public Policy Journal, the Goldman School of Public Policy, or UC Berkeley.

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California Must Do More to Provide Mental Health Services …

WebPhoto by Finn on Unsplash. by Anna Garfink. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many inequities of our dismal healthcare system. However, one specific inequity has not received the attention it deserves: disparity in access to mental healthcare.

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COVID-19 Brings New Urgency to Building Health Equity: Soda …

WebIrene Farnsworth and Fiona McBride are second-year MPP students at the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy. The research for this post is based on the May 2019 report “Bay Area Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes: An Evaluation of Community Investments” by Goldman students Sydney Bennet, Nick Draper, Irene …

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Spring 2019 Journal: The Impact of Immigration Policy on Mental …

WebIris Wong is a second-year Master of Public Policy candidate at the Goldman School of Public Policy.. Endnotes. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (2018, October 2). Table 1. Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status: Fiscal years 1820 to 2017.

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A Legacy of Negligence: The Historical Mistreatment of Indigenous

WebBy Andrew George via Unsplash. By Genevieve Kaplan. Introduction. Those indigenous to the United States have proven vital to the country’s prosperity historically, yet are treated with discrimination, stemming from the lack of historical accuracy surrounding the group’s influence.

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Fall 2019 Journal: Providing Free Contraceptives For Young People

WebThis article is the first article featured in our Fall 2019 journal. For the complete journal, please see the “Journal Archive” tab above.

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GOP Attacks on Planned Parenthood Are a Threat to Women's …

WebBy Nisha Kurani 10/15/2015. House Republicans’ threat to shut down the government over funding for Planned Parenthood came and went, but the political firestorm is far from over.

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Improving Socioeconomic Outcomes through Reproductive Justice

WebTotal potential costs can sum to $800 per year for birth control pills, $1,000 every three years for an intrauterine device, and $6,000 for surgical sterilization. For about 15.5 million people who are in their peak reproductive years and live below 250% of the federal poverty level ($30,150 for a 1-person household in 2017), these high out-of

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Confronting the Past: Understanding El Salvador's Child Migration

WebThe Berkeley Public Policy Journal is a student group acting independently of the University of California. We take full responsibility for our organization and this web site.

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Fall 2019 Journal: The Generational Squeeze – Young Californians

WebErin Coghlan is Policy Director at the Berkeley Institute for Young Americans, and holds a PhD in Education Policy from UC Berkeley. James Hawkins is Associate Director at the Berkeley Institute for Young Americans, and is a GSPP alumna (MPP 2018).

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Fall 2020 Journal Legal violence over the life course: Addressing …

WebPhoto by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash. This article is the first article featured in our Fall 2020 journal. For the complete journal, please see the “Journal Archive” tab above.

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