HJBR Jan/Feb 2026

+ %5 January / February 2026 I Vol. 19, No. 1 Contents DEPARTMENTS Healthcare Briefs ................................................ 35 Ad Index .................................................................... 50 CORRESPONDENTS Medicaid .................................................................... 42 Nursing ....................................................................... 46 Children’s Health ................................................. 48 FEATURES Fighting for Care in a System Built to Deny It .................................................................... 8 Jeremy White One on One . ...................................................................... 16 Jennifer Avegno, MD Director, New Orleans Health Department Caring Together: Integrating Rights, Workforce, and Reform for Better Aging Outcomes ............................................................. 25 Part 3: From Rights to Reality — Law, Advocacy, and the Aging Experience Beverly Gianna, MA, MAG Gerontologist | Long-Term Care Ombudsman Dominic Gianna, MS, JD Trial Attorney, Educator, Advocate What’s Wrong with Healthcare? ......................... 30 Part 6: It’s the Economics, Stupid Kenny J. Cole, MD, MHCDS Value-Based Healthcare Correspondent 16 30