Health Care Accessibility Archives

The Push to Bring Medicaid Behind Bars

People leaving incarceration are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death, and some states think Medicaid could help.

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick believes plainspoken information from trusted messengers can help shrink health disparities, and some insurers are buying in.

What stops seriously ill Black patients and their families from getting the care they want in life and in death?

Jose Fernandez shares new research that examines the causes and ramifications of rural hospital closures.

We talk about the impact medical debt can have on people’s lives and what research tells us about possible solutions.

An overhaul of Medicare’s prescription drug benefit will lower costs for seniors while changing incentives for insurers and drugmakers.

Shooshan Danagoulian shares new research that examines the effect of hospital capacity strain on racial disparities in mortality.

Joseph Benitez shares new research that shows Medicaid recipients may benefit beyond increased access to care.

Yaa Akosa Antwi shares new research on the capacity of hospitals to meet the needs of the surrounding community.

Paula Chatterjee shares new research on the whether a popular discount drug program is reaching the patients it was designed to support.