The Meteoric Rise of Private Medicare Advantage Insurance
What’s gained and what’s lost as private insurers manage an increasingly large share of the Medicare program?
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What Gas Stoves, Minimum Wage Laws and the Military Teach Us About Health Policy
We get a sneak peek at some of the most exciting papers coming out of a major health economics conference.
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Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 2
The Biden administration is proposing new regulations to keep racial bias in AI from getting to the bedside.
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Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 1
Artificial intelligence could revolutionize health care. It could also perpetuate and exacerbate generations of racial inequities.
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The ‘Reverse Disparity’ in Psychosis Care
We explore what it’s like to experience psychosis and why it can be so difficult for patients to get effective treatment.
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The Wonky Policy That’s Got Hospitals on High Alert
Medicare could soon pay hospitals much less for common outpatient services like x-rays and checkups.
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How ‘Random Acts of Medicine’ Shape Our Health Care
We talk with Bapu Jena, coauthor of a new book about how fate, mental mistakes and other unseen forces affect the care we receive.
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The Drugs Changing How We Treat Obesity
A new class of drugs can help people lose weight and manage serious health conditions. But they’re also raising difficult questions.
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The Latest Threat to the Affordable Care Act
ACA expert Nicholas Bagley breaks down the court ruling striking down the popular requirement for insurers to offer free preventive care services.
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