📖: Direct Democracy's Impact on Health Policy
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024 | The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
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In a Health Policy brief released earlier this month, Paula Lantz and Emma Carter write about the role of direct democracy in state policy making ([link removed] ) as it relates to the drivers of population health and health disparities.
Direct democracy through state ballot initiatives holds potential for policy change relating to a large array of important social issues.
Although citizen-initiated ballot measures have shown advancement for population health policy in many states, there are still many challenges faced.
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