Extreme heat events have been demonstrated to increase emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality, but evidence of their impacts on the associated costs and on outpatient use is ...

The litigation against health equity measures has expanded and accelerated. Now the federal government has thrown its weight behind interest groups that have struggled to establish standing, ...

In anticipation of changes to Medicaid coming in 2027 and beyond, states are already exploring ways to tighten eligibility, ...

Expanding the GUIDE model’s eligibility language to include adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities offers a ...

In line with the Supreme Court’s opinion in Hobby Lobby, which held that corporations are persons capable of exercising religion, the Indiana law defines “person” to include individuals, organizations ...

The fringe banking industry, including payday lenders and check cashers, was nearly nonexistent three decades ago. Today it generates tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue. The industry’s ...

The capital flowing into rural communities through the Rural Health Transformation Program can unlock previously unattainable ...

Congress has an obligation to direct the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to partner with state Medicaid leaders ...

Despite its scale, steatotic liver disease remains largely absent from global and US noncommunicable disease strategies.

Michael E. Chernew ([email protected]) is the Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy and director of the Healthcare Markets and Regulation Lab in the Department of Health Care Policy, ...

HealthAffairs.org has a fresh look. It’s faster, cleaner, and more mobile friendly. Its improved search makes discovering and ...

A growing body of evidence suggests that facility fee reform could provide meaningful out-of-pocket relief to consumers ...