This is great news: glad they're doing something! At the same time, I was disappointed to read nothing about attempts to lower Arkansas's incredibly high C-section rate (10th highest in the nation for low-risk births) or integrate more midwives (lowest rate of midwife attended birth in the U.S. at 1.1%)
Yeah, I know they weren't able to pass the full legislative package they had developed, although it's not over yet. Maybe something the other Innovation Fellows are working on - something to ask them about!
Very inspiring, but it is a program that discriminates on the basis of age. Age discrimination was once ubiquitous in the U.S. It is gradually becoming passé and delegitimized. As Future Caucus illustrates, though, it ain’t dead yet. So, what is the legitimizer in this case? Is it that legislators under 45 are victims of discrimination who deserve reparations? Whatever it is, the reason deserves a place in this article if the general rule is that legislators of every category can learn and practice collaboration for the public good.
I can't speak for Future Caucus, but they do connect young legislators with their more senior colleagues to work on particular policies, so it's not a question of pitting generations against each other. Millennials and Gen Z aren't proportionally represented in legislatures, and younger legislators don't have the networks or experience yet, so I think Future Caucus helps them to hit the ground running and stay in service longer.
This is great news: glad they're doing something! At the same time, I was disappointed to read nothing about attempts to lower Arkansas's incredibly high C-section rate (10th highest in the nation for low-risk births) or integrate more midwives (lowest rate of midwife attended birth in the U.S. at 1.1%)
Yeah, I know they weren't able to pass the full legislative package they had developed, although it's not over yet. Maybe something the other Innovation Fellows are working on - something to ask them about!
Very inspiring, but it is a program that discriminates on the basis of age. Age discrimination was once ubiquitous in the U.S. It is gradually becoming passé and delegitimized. As Future Caucus illustrates, though, it ain’t dead yet. So, what is the legitimizer in this case? Is it that legislators under 45 are victims of discrimination who deserve reparations? Whatever it is, the reason deserves a place in this article if the general rule is that legislators of every category can learn and practice collaboration for the public good.
I can't speak for Future Caucus, but they do connect young legislators with their more senior colleagues to work on particular policies, so it's not a question of pitting generations against each other. Millennials and Gen Z aren't proportionally represented in legislatures, and younger legislators don't have the networks or experience yet, so I think Future Caucus helps them to hit the ground running and stay in service longer.