The US health care system is already larded with bureaucracy; administrative costs account for nearly a third of total health ...

In his first term, Trump made a lot of noise about lowering drug prices but accomplished little of consequence. The noise continues, but it is now accompanied by new ill-conceived initiatives, ...

Late in the evening of June 27, 2025, Senate Republicans released the full text of the latest version of the One Big ...

This article explores how academic medical centers (AMCs) can reclaim leadership in outpatient care by extending their reach ...

As a result of the Court's decision that they cannot enforce "any qualified provider" protections directly, beneficiaries are dependent on intervention by the HHS Secretary. Unless he bars them from ...

Expansion of the Medicare drug price negotiation rare disease drug carve-out would unnecessarily limit the number of drugs ...

The final rule covers a wide range of topics. This article covers the rule’s changes to shorten the annual open enrollment ...

On June 18th, a 6 to 3 majority of the US Supreme Court held that Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors did not ...

Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Uché Blackstock, CEO and Founder of Advancing Health Equity (AHE), on her experiences founding AHE in 2019, the mission statement of the organization to pursue ...

More than twelve million US adults ages forty and older are affected by vision impairment, and projections suggest that this number will double by 2050. Although most vision impairment can be elimi ...

The final rule covers a wide range of topics. This article discusses the final rule’s changes to impose new income and ...

CMS should provide stable year-over-year funding to Medicare Advantage for supplemental benefits and incentivize MA plans to ...