Harold Pollack

Harold Pollack

Harold Pollack has published widely at the interface between poverty, policy and public health. He is co-director of The University of Chicago Crime Lab and a committee member of the Center for Health Administration Studies (CHAS) at the University of Chicago. In addition, Prof. Pollack is an affiliate professor in the Biological Sciences Collegiate Division and the Department of Public Health Sciences at UChicago.

His research appears in such journals as Addiction, Journal of the American Medical Association, American Journal of Public Health, Health Services Research, Pediatrics, and Social Service Review. His writings have appeared in The Washington Post, The Nation, The New York Times, New Republic, The Atlantic, and other popular publications. His American Prospect essay, “Lessons from an Emergency Room, Nightmare” was selected for the collection Best American Medical Writing in 2009.

He is a co-author of "The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn't Have to Be Complicated" (2016).

Pollack Stories

Does Bernie Sanders’s health plan cost $33 trillion — or save $2 trillion?

<p>Prof. Harold Pollack analyzes the cost of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ universal health-care plan</p>


What America could do with European levels of military spending

<p>Prof. Harold Pollack explains how health care could improve with governmental investment</p>


Better Ways for Jeff Bezos to Spend $131 Billion

In op-ed, Prof. Harold Pollack discusses ways Jeff Bezos could spend his fortune


Medicare-for-All Isn’t the Solution for Universal Health Care

Prof. Harold Pollack discusses policy obstacles to universal coverage


The Nation

Paul Ryan Failed Because His Bill Was a Dumpster Fire

Prof. Harold Pollack analyzes the American Health Care Act


Politico

On the Knife's Edge: Using Therapy To Address Violence Among Teens

Crime Lab Director Jens Ludwig and Prof. Harold Pollack discuss research on youth violence


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