Health care leaders share what they’ve learned from two decades of trying to keep this group of costly, complicated patients out of the hospital.
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92,000 Transgender People Took This Survey. Here’s What We Learned
As lawmakers around the country take aim at transgender rights, we dig into findings from the largest survey ever of trans Americans.
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Surprise! Plans To Resolve High Medical Bills Are Still a Mess
Patients are now mostly protected from surprise bills, but doctors and insurers are still fighting over prices.
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One Doctor’s Quest to Improve Health Care for People with Disabilities
As adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities strive to live more freely and fully than ever before, many of America’s doctors, hospitals and insurers are getting in the way.
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How Patient Privacy Could Hurt AI
Why one expert says too much focus on privacy could make health care AI biased and less effective.
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Tradeoffs LIVE! Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI
A live conversation between a top federal health official and a health care executive about working together to keep AI from exacerbating racial bias in health care.
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The Stories That Made an Impact in 2023
In this special episode we reflect on a few of our favorite stories of 2023 and hear how they’re making a difference for patients and policymakers.
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Promising Primary Care Program Cuts Unnecessary ER Visits
A randomized study finds that easing undocumented immigrants’ access to primary care cuts their use of the emergency room.
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Experts Pick the Year’s Scariest Health Policy Studies
In a special Halloween edition of Research Corner, Tradeoffs Advisory Board members share some of the scariest health policy studies they’ve read this year.
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South Carolina’s Bold Maternal Health Experiment Disappoints
A large randomized trial showed home visits from nurses for pregnant people did not improve their or their babies’ health outcomes.