We dig into three studies to make sense of what will happen to 15 million people set to lose their Medicaid over the next year.
Federal Policy
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When Home Becomes a Hospital
What have we learned from the pandemic-feuled expansion of hospital-at-home care?
Posted inInsurance
When Politics and Policy Collide on the Obamacare Exchanges
A creative working paper examines how Obamacare’s political baggage has made health insurance more expensive.
Posted inCost of Care
Medicare Director Meena Seshamani on CMS’ New Drug Pricing Powers
Medicare director Meena Seshamani discusses her team’s sprint to put historic drug price reforms into action.
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Medicare Releases Details of Major Drug Price Reform
Medicare’s historic plan to slow prescription drug spending is taking shape.
Posted inCost of Care
‘A Shocking Amount of Misery’: Medical Debt in America
We talk about the impact medical debt can have on people’s lives and what research tells us about possible solutions.
Posted inInsurance
Medicare’s Prescription Drug Plan Makeover
An overhaul of Medicare’s prescription drug benefit will lower costs for seniors while changing incentives for insurers and drugmakers.
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4 Studies that Explain the Stakes of Medicare Open Enrollment
Leslie Walker shares four research studies to explain the stakes of Medicare open enrollment.
Posted inHealth Technology
The Next Chapter in Democratizing America’s Health Data
We talk with Micky Tripathi, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, about the push to give patients more access to their health care data.
Posted inInsurance
The Push to End Cancer Screening Purgatory
Initial screenings for breast, lung and cervical cancer are free, but expensive secondary tests can leave patients in screening purgatory.