Ellen R Shaffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 5538439 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ellen R Shaffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ellen R |
| FAMILY NAME | Shaffer |
| SIGNATURE | SHAFFER E R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Center for Policy Analysis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Capsules From the Medical Care Section of Apha
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology †Department of Women's Studies, University of Michigan, L4000 Women’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI ‡Trust Women/Silver Ribbon Campaign, Center for Policy Analysis, San Francisco, CA The authors declare no conflict of interest. Reprints: Lisa H. Harris, MD, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, L4000 Women’s Hospital, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. E-mail: [email protected]
Carving Out Tobacco From Trade Agreements
A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article Health Preemption Behind Closed Doors: Trade Agreements and Fast-Track Authority by E. Crosbie, M. Gonzalez and S. A. Glantz, which appeared in a 2014 issue of the journal
The Affordable Care Act
It is important to recognize the political and policy accomplishments of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), anticipate its limitations, and use the levers it provides strategically to address the problems it does not resolve. Passage of the ACA broke the political logjam that long stymied national progress toward equitable, quality, universal, affordable health care. It extends coverage for the uninsured who are disproportionat…
Contraceptive Insurance Mandates
Shaffer, Ellen R. PhD, MPH; Sarfaty, Mona MD, MPH; Ash, Arlene S. PhD Author Information
Global Trade and Public Health
Global trade and international trade agreements have transformed the capacity of governments to monitor and to protect public health, to regulate occupational and environmental health conditions and food products, and to ensure affordable access to medications. Proposals under negotiation for the World Trade Organization’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the regional Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) agreement cover a wide …
The FTAA
This article analyzes how the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) would likely exacerbate critical threats to health in the Americas, from the perspectives of public health and human rights. These threats include crises in access to health care, water, and other vital human services; reemerging but preventable fatal diseases; the advance of AIDS; and biohazards. Disparities in power, wealth, health spending, and infant mortality, that undermin…
Universal Coverage and Public Health
Recent evaluations of the California Health Service Plan (CHSP) confirmed that financing health care through a single government payer can provide universal coverage—while saving significantly on health care spending—to a degree unparalleled by alternative approaches. Public ownership of the delivery system can further provide authority and accountability for critical reforms that improve the population’s health and quality of care, including coo…
Global Trade and Public Health
Global trade and international trade agreements have transformed the capacity of governments to monitor and to protect public health, to regulate occupational and environmental health conditions and food products, and to ensure affordable access to medications. Proposals under negotiation for the World Trade Organization’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the regional Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) agreement cover a wide …
The FTAA
This article analyzes how the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) would likely exacerbate critical threats to health in the Americas, from the perspectives of public health and human rights. These threats include crises in access to health care, water, and other vital human services; reemerging but preventable fatal diseases; the advance of AIDS; and biohazards. Disparities in power, wealth, health spending, and infant mortality, that undermin…
Universal Coverage and Public Health
Recent evaluations of the California Health Service Plan (CHSP) confirmed that financing health care through a single government payer can provide universal coverage—while saving significantly on health care spending—to a degree unparalleled by alternative approaches. Public ownership of the delivery system can further provide authority and accountability for critical reforms that improve the population’s health and quality of care, including coo…
Global Trade and Public Health
Global trade and international trade agreements have transformed the capacity of governments to monitor and to protect public health, to regulate occupational and environmental health conditions and food products, and to ensure affordable access to medications. Proposals under negotiation for the World Trade Organization’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the regional Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) agreement cover a wide …
Contraceptive Insurance Mandates
Shaffer, Ellen R. PhD, MPH; Sarfaty, Mona MD, MPH; Ash, Arlene S. PhD Author Information
The Affordable Care Act
It is important to recognize the political and policy accomplishments of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), anticipate its limitations, and use the levers it provides strategically to address the problems it does not resolve. Passage of the ACA broke the political logjam that long stymied national progress toward equitable, quality, universal, affordable health care. It extends coverage for the uninsured who are disproportionat…
Carving Out Tobacco From Trade Agreements
A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article Health Preemption Behind Closed Doors: Trade Agreements and Fast-Track Authority by E. Crosbie, M. Gonzalez and S. A. Glantz, which appeared in a 2014 issue of the journal
Capsules From the Medical Care Section of Apha
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology †Department of Women's Studies, University of Michigan, L4000 Women’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI ‡Trust Women/Silver Ribbon Campaign, Center for Policy Analysis, San Francisco, CA The authors declare no conflict of interest. Reprints: Lisa H. Harris, MD, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, L4000 Women’s Hospital, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. E-mail: [email protected]
Business (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Health care (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (3 works)