27.08.2026journal-article
The Milbank Quarterly
The Newest Federalism and Population Health
Policy Points In the United States, social policies at the federal, state, and local levels affect population health. The country is undergoing major changes in its social policies and intergovernmental relations. As both state and local governments have taken different approaches to social policies, where one resides and the socioeconomic resources one has increasingly have life and death consequences. The following three contemporary changes in intergovernmental relations may have profound consequences for popula …