Hospitals Archives

Will the Federal Ban on Surprise Medical Bills Work?

We dig into the research to understand what we can expect from this long-awaited policy fix.

Employers clash with hospitals, insurers and even their own workers over high health care prices.

The U.S. health care system has a lot of problems. Fixing even a few small ones could add up to big savings.

What one doctor has learned after a year of fighting the virus.

We explore Becerra’s health policy record, what drives his views and what he could do about the country’s health care consolidation problem.

Maria Polyakova on research examining the surprising source of outsized health care spending in the last months of life.

Farzad Mostashari on new research on the impact of consolidation on the quality of care for high-need patients.

We look back on some of the best health policy podcast episodes of the year with help from a few of our podcast host friends.

A new federal effort races to virtually deploy critical care providers wherever they’re needed — from COVID hospitals to floods, fires, and even war.

Austin Frakt on research examining the impact of emergency department wait times on cost of care.