The budget bill would create millions of newly uninsured, increase consumers’ premiums, and impose new barriers on Americans’ ...

A new strategy takes a step toward creating systems that understand and address family caregivers’ needs, building on ...

Mongan Fellowship in Minority Health Policy, is a yearlong program offering intensive study in health policy, public health, and management for physicians committed to transforming health care ...

Introduction. For at least the past two decades, the United States and other countries around the world have been bracing for a shortage of physicians, a problem that has reached crisis proportions in ...

During the pandemic, rates of depression, anxiety, and other mental health problems skyrocketed among young people in the United States. Perhaps the most distressing report: nearly 20 percent of high ...

In 2017, at a time when maternal mortality was declining worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the U.S. was one of only two countries (along with the Dominican Republic) to ...

Abstract. Issue: Many Americans desire the ability to make health care choices — when to seek care, from whom, and for what. At the same time, many view reducing health care costs as a priority. Yet ...

Primary care providers (PCPs) serve as most people’s first point of contact with the health care system. These clinicians build relationships with their patients over time and help coordinate care ...

Abstract. Issue: Accountable care organizations (ACOs), designed to hold health care providers responsible for the quality and overall cost of patient care, have played a leading role in U.S. efforts ...

Abstract. Issue: Medicaid’s dramatic growth, coupled with its transformation into an active health care purchaser, has elevated the role of safety-net providers in ensuring health care access and ...

Abstract. Issue: State legislators continue to pursue reforms aimed at reducing health care costs. But the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) threatens enforcement of state laws ...

Having a regular doctor or place of care is key to preventive care, the early detection and treatment of disease, and chronic disease management. 5 Patients with a usual source of care are more likely ...