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Health Care Policies
Posted inCost of Care
Lessons from a Trauma Center Boom in Texas
Sayeh Nikpay shares new research that examines the impact of a trauma center boom in Texas.
Posted inWorkforce
The ‘Wild West’ of Health Workforce Policy
The pandemic has reignited long-standing turf wars among health professions, and state lawmakers are caught in the middle.
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.
Posted inInsurance
California Bets Big on Housing in Medicaid
We trace the origins, early results and challenges of California’s ambitious new Medicaid initiative to pay for some non-medical services like connecting people to housing.
Posted inInsurance
Streamlining Access to the Safety Net
Paul Shafer highlights newly federal rule aimed at streamlining application and renewal processes for enrolling in Medicaid and CHIP.
Posted inCost of Care
The Race to Prepare for Medicare’s New Drug Pricing Powers
Congress gave Medicare historic new powers to lower drug prices, but lawsuits, loopholes and opposition from the drug industry could undermine them.
Posted inHealth Equity
Breaking Down Biden’s New Nondiscrimination Rule
Katie Keith shares about a newly proposed rule to Section 1557, a civil rights pillar of the Affordable Care Act.
Posted inInsurance
Can More Time on Medicaid Lower Maternal Deaths?
We explore the country’s high rates of pregnancy-related deaths and the potential impact Biden’s push to expand Medicaid coverage for pregnant people may have.