Politics

Over the 20 years that same-sex couples have been able to marry in the United States, there have been no negative effects on marriage, divorce or cohabitation among different-sex couples.

Prices paid to hospitals during 2022 by employers and private insurers for both inpatient and outpatient services averaged 254 percent of what Medicare would have paid, with wide variation in prices among states.

Homeland security policy expert Michelle Woods has been named vice president and director of the RAND Homeland Security Research Division (HSRD). For the past two years, Woods has served as the associate director of HSRD, which operates the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC), a federally funded research and development center.

Meghan L. O'Sullivan, an influential national security expert and Harvard Kennedy School professor, was elected to the RAND Board of Trustees.

Longtime executive Jennifer Gould has been named RAND's new vice president of communications and external affairs. In her new role, Gould will assume leadership of the newly created communications and external affairs function, helping to align and strengthen RAND's broad suite of communications activities.

Miyeon Oh, a defense researcher with deep expertise in Indo-Pacific geopolitical, economic, and security issues, has joined nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND as its Korea Policy Chair.

Samuel Charap, a senior political scientist at RAND, will serve as the inaugural Distinguished Chair in Russia and Eurasia Policy at the nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization. The Distinguished Chair in Russia and Eurasia Policy will further enhance RAND's analysis of the region and of the impact of Moscow's actions on the larger geopolitical landscape.

Interviews with military veterans who expressed support for extremist groups or related beliefs on a prior survey show that many experienced a significant negative event during their military service.

Firearm homicides have risen faster relative to the overall national trend in states such as Wisconsin, Delaware, and Minnesota, while firearm suicides have risen faster in Alaska, North Dakota, and Montana. A new tool allows users to examine state-level firearm death rates over the past four decades.

Andrew Morral, codirector of the RAND Gun Policy in America initiative, has been selected to serve as the inaugural Greenwald Family Chair in Gun Policy.