Brian Dulisse is a health economist at the Research Triangle Institute, in Waltham, Massachusetts. Jerry Cromwell ( [email protected]) is a senior fellow in health economics at the Research Triangle ...

Research suggests that cannabis use is associated with potential therapeutic benefits but also individual health harms, particularly for adolescent populations. Evidence is inconsistent and, in some ...

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The results of the past decade of value-based payment (VBP) model implementation have provided mixed evidence of the impacts of these reforms, and questions about how payment and care reforms can best ...

After George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, state governments and our health care system have increased attention to racism and its impact on health equity. There has also been heightened awareness that ...

Joachim O. Hero ( [email protected]) is a doctoral candidate in health policy at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Alan M. Zaslavsky is a professor of health care policy (statistics) in ...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) gave states the option of expanding Medicaid coverage to include childless adults with incomes at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty level beginning in 2014. The ...

In the US in recent years, hospital-physician integration has become a dominant form of consolidation in health care. This transition away from independent practice has raised questions about whether ...

Health Affairs’ Considering Health Spending (CHS) initiative provides a focal point for research and analysis about how much the nation spends on health care, what we get for our money, and how we ...

The emergence of cell and gene therapies (CGTs) has been a source of hope for patients living with once-uncurable diseases. Gene therapy involves the introduction of genetic material, usually in a ...

COVID-19 has reaped a horrific toll on our nation’s 2.5 million nursing home residents and their families, resulting in more than 50,000 resident deaths. People living in nursing homes make up less ...

Shalon Irving’s 2017 death brought national attention to maternal mortality among Black women in the US. This essay remembers her life and legacy. Shalon MauRene Irving, PhD, MPH, MS, CHES, an ...