Congress is making “quiet progress” on lowering drug costs for patients, say pharmaceutical policy experts Kristi Martin and Jeremy Sharp of Waxman Strategies. In their post on To the Point, Martin and Sharp explain how legislation currently moving thr…
Medicaid expansion has been a big issue in many states this election season, and Kansas is no exception. A study comparing the state’s low-income residents with their counterparts in Indiana and Ohio finds not only significantly higher numbers of unins…
Research continues to demonstrate that efforts to improve the health of people with low incomes are unlikely to succeed unless social and environmental conditions that affect health are also addressed. Using national survey data, Peter J. Cunningham of…
The new issue of our quarterly newsletter examines how health system leaders can reduce race-based disparities in health care by confronting the role of racism head on.
Visit our map and download fact sheets to see changes over time in: the percentage of uninsured adults and adults going without care because of costs, enrollment in marketplace plans and Medicaid, and the amount of federal support for health coverage.
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More small-business workers, solo entrepreneurs, and other self-employed Americans have insurance coverage since the ACA’s insurance market reforms, consumer subsidies, and Medicaid expansion took effect, according to a new report by authors David Chas…
Since the Trump administration began encouraging states to consider new Medicaid waiver policies, such as work requirements, 19 states have approved or pending waivers that restrict coverage. In a To the Point series, Cindy Mann of Manatt, Phelps &…
A new tool aimed at redesigning the way patients request medical records was released at the recent Biden Cancer Summit.
The prices that hospitals and other purchasers pay for medical devices are negotiated with manufacturers and commonly kept confidential. Past research shows that prices vary significantly for similar implantable medical devices, suggesting the potentia…
