Bianca Frogner breaks down new research on the impact subsidies can have for people on Medicare trying to access lifesaving drugs.
Research Studies
Posted inPublic Health
The Complex Relationship Between Quality Ratings and Pandemic Deaths in Nursing Homes
Yaa Akosa Antwi shares research on nursing home deaths during COVID suggesting even well-intentioned policies can have unintended consequences.
Posted inHealth Equity
How Nursing Home Staff Biases Drive Inequitable Care
Jasmine Travers shares research showing how racial biases can impact care for Black nursing home residents with advanced dementia.
Posted inInsurance
How Requiring Insurers to Cover Autism Care Can Impact Schools
Jose Manuel Fernandez shares research on the impact on test scores and special education when Michigan required private coverage of autism spectrum disorder therapies.
Posted inPublic Health
How Safety Net Programs Work Together to Improve Health
Joe Benitez shares research about how food, income and health care safety net programs overlap to support low-income families.
Posted inArticles
When Racial and Rural Disparities Collide
Katie Keith shares a new study looking at the distance to hospitals for zip codes with high percentages of people of color.
Posted inPublic Health
What Happened When COVID Eased Methadone Restrictions?
Leslie Suen writes about new research suggesting loosened methadone regulations have not led to more overdoses or drug sales as many have long feared.
Posted inCost of Care
Ways to Save in Budget Busting Medicare Part B
Stacie Dusetzina shares new research showing the difference in spending on Part B drugs in Medicare and Medicare Advantage.
Posted inHealth Equity
Racial Bias Lurking in Patient Records
Ishani Ganguli on new research showing Black patients have much higher odds of having clinicians write negative descriptors about them.
Posted inHealth Equity
Female Docs Make a Difference for Female Patients
Adrianna McIntyre on new research using randomization to show how female patients can benefit when they have a female doctor.