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What White House COVID Coordinator Ashish Jha Learned on the Job

During his 14 months as White House COVID Coordinator, Ashish Jha learned about building consensus, crafting practical policy and how to deal with imperfect data.

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Progress and Pain Points in National Crisis Line’s First Year

We explore what’s working, what’s not and what’s next for 988.

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One Economist’s Plan to Blow Up America’s Health Insurance System

Amy Finkelstein outlines an evidence-based plan to overhaul our patchwork of health insurance policies.

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1.5 Million People Are Losing Medicaid. How Worried Should We Be?

We go behind the numbers of the first few months of the Medicaid unwinding.

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‘No Place Else To Go’: Inside a Former Abortion Clinic

What happens when an abortion clinic can no longer provide abortions?

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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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