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Zachary W. Schulz

Zachary W. Schulz

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Calling deaths ‘preventable’ can obscure barriers to health care access and shift blame to individuals

Public health calls many deaths ‘preventable,’ but that term can mask how policy, access and geography shape who gets care – and who doesn’t.

17.09.2025 3

The Conversation

Zachary W. Schulz

Trump’s Under-the-Radar Strategy to Loosen Gun Laws

19.06.2025 3

U.S.News

Zachary W. Schulz

US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians

Research shows that decades of policy choices shaped today’s fragmented health care system – which is precisely why reform is so difficult.

06.06.2025 20

The Conversation

Zachary W. Schulz

Health care under Harris versus Trump: A public health historian sizes up their records

Health care is a defining issue in the 2024 election – Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump have...

17.09.2024 10

The Conversation

Zachary W. Schulz