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Illustration of a ballot box with various health care symbols and concerned voters

Achieving Universal Coverage

Why the Midterm Elections Matter for Health Care

Podcast / Oct 21, 2022

Photo, medical professional speaking on the phone at desk staring at computer monitors with medical records on shelves behind her

Achieving Universal Coverage

No Surprises Act: A Federal–State Partnership to Protect Consumers from Surprise Medical Bills

Fund Reports / Oct 20, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court building

Achieving Universal Coverage

An Upcoming Supreme Court Case Could Strip Medicaid Beneficiaries and Safety-Net Providers of Crucial Civil Rights

Blog / Oct 19, 2022

Doctor talking to senior female patient in a home visit

Improving Health Care Quality

Expert Consensus on the Impact of COVID-Response Medicare Policies on Mental Health, Substance Use Care, and Costs

Issue Briefs / Oct 19, 2022

Controlling Health Care Costs

The Pitfalls of Regulating Health Care Prices Are Real but Manageable

Blog / Oct 13, 2022

Pharmacy manager Latoya Ross fills a prescription order for a patient in East Cleveland, Ohio. Ohio is one of seven states with a prescription drug affordability board established to rein in drug costs.

Controlling Health Care Costs

Can State Prescription Drug Affordability Boards Address High-Cost Drug Prices?

Blog / Oct 11, 2022

Registered Nurse Mariam Salaam administers the Pfizer booster shot at a Covid vaccination and testing site in Los Angeles on May 5, 2022. A fall booster vaccination campaign could drastically reduce Covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations this winter.

Improving Health Care Quality

A Fall COVID-19 Booster Campaign Could Save Thousands of Lives, Billions of Dollars

Blog / Oct 05, 2022

Doctor examines patient in exam room

Advancing Health Equity

Engaging Voice to Support Racially Equitable Policymaking

Blog / Oct 04, 2022

Side of a trailer in Wyoming displays crisis hotline number

Advancing Health Equity

What Policymakers Can Do to Address Our Behavioral Health Crisis

Blog / Sep 21, 2022

Inmate waits to be seen by a doctor

Improving Health Care Quality

States Push for Innovative Ways to Improve Health Outcomes for Justice-Involved Individuals

Blog / Sep 13, 2022

Geneva Cooley, 72, learns how to use the internet and sets up a gmail account with the help of re-entry coordinator Donna Collins at the Aid to Inmate Mothers house two days after getting released from a life sentence without parole.

Improving Health Care Quality

Providing Health Care at Reentry Is a Critical Step in Criminal Justice Reform

Blog / Sep 09, 2022

Illustration of medicine and dollar signs being crushed by a signed bill

Controlling Health Care Costs

What the Inflation Reduction Act Really Means for Health Care

Podcast / Sep 09, 2022

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