Tom Scully, who led Medicare and Medicaid for George W. Bush, says Oz is well-suited to be a spokesman for Trump’s health care agenda, despite Oz’s lack of health policy experience.
Health Care Policies
Posted inPublic Health
The Cost of Cutting NIH Research: Voices from the Frontlines
A candid conversation between a professor and a Ph.D. candidate about potential NIH funding cuts and their impact on the future of medical research.
Posted inHealth Law
Trump Forced Hospitals and Insurers to Reveal Their Prices. What Happened?
President Trump is revisiting one of the signature health policies of his first administration: making health care prices public. It hasn’t gone smoothly. Now Trump is calling for new rules and more public prices to deliver on his goal of a more competitive — less costly — health care market.
Posted inInsurance
Everyone’s Mad at Health Insurers, But ‘There’s Plenty of Blame to Go Around’
The murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has put health insurance companies in the spotlight. But insurers are just one piece of America’s broken and expensive health care system.
Posted inHealth Equity
Health Care for Transgender Youth Goes to the Supreme Court
We take a closer look at gender-affirming care and the legal arguments that will influence how accessible that care will be.
Posted inNews & Announcements
Letter from the Editor: Meeting the Moment
A message from Tradeoffs founder and executive editor Dan Gorenstein.
Posted inHealth Law
Health Policy on the Ballot
Learn more about where President-elect Donald Trump stands on critical health policy issues.
Posted inHealth Law
3 Health Care Decisions Awaiting the Next President
The next U.S. president will have to make consequential choices about the Affordable Care Act, prescription drug prices and abortion.
Posted inPublic Health
How New York Times Columnist Paula Span Navigates ‘The New Old Age’
Journalist Paula Span, who writes The New Old Age column for the New York Times, shares what she’s learned about how to age well.
Posted inMental Health
The Best Way to Fight Meth Addiction? Gift Cards
For decades, the most effective treatment for methamphetamine and cocaine addiction has been mostly locked away in small research studies. California is trying to change that.