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.
Read MoreA randomized study finds that easing undocumented immigrants’ access to primary care cuts their use of the emergency room.
Read MoreCongress banned most surprise medical bills back in 2020, with one major exception: ambulance rides. Can lawmakers find a fix?
Read MoreA new JAMA Internal Medicine article reviews the evidence for a widely hyped cancer-screening blood test — and finds it lacking.
Read MoreA recent working paper adds fuel to the debate over when and how health insurers should be able to ration people’s use of care.
Read MoreEmployers are facing a big dilemma: How do they pay for the new highly effective and popular obesity medications without breaking the bank?
Read MoreA recent JAMA study sheds light on how the manufacturers of a class of popular weight-loss drugs have avoided competition from more affordable generics.
Read MoreA new study suggests doctors struggle to know when and how to act on heart rhythm data generated by patients’ smartwatches.
Read MoreExperts from the Tradeoffs Advisory Board share some of their favorite new health policy studies.
Read MoreWe explain how Medicare’s historic price negotiations with drugmakers will work, and the impact they could have.
Read MoreRecent analyses in JAMA and by the Kaiser Family Foundation raise questions about whether Medicare and its beneficiaries can afford a new wave of Alzheimer’s treatments.
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