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Controlling Health Care Costs

Affordability Concerns Are Driving States to Curb Hospital Prices

Blog / Jan 14, 2026

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Achieving Universal Coverage

How New Limits on State Provider Taxes Will Affect Medicaid Funding

Explainer / Dec 19, 2025

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Achieving Universal Coverage

How Medical Frailty Exemption Policies Can Offer a Lifeline to People with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses When Medicaid Work Requirements Are Implemented

Blog / Dec 18, 2025

Woman prepares to get covid vaccine, while talking to nurse on computer.

Achieving Universal Coverage

How States Are Preserving Science-Backed Recommendations for Preventive Care and Vaccines

Blog / Dec 15, 2025

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Advancing Health Equity

How Will Making English the Official Language of the U.S. Affect Patients with Limited English Proficiency?

Blog / Dec 04, 2025

Researcher with gloves uses syringe in laboratory.

Controlling Health Care Costs

Revisiting the Orphan Drug Act

Issue Briefs / Nov 24, 2025

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Controlling Health Care Costs

How Drugmakers Use the Patent Process to Keep Prices High

Explainer / Nov 13, 2025

Achieving Universal Coverage

Lower-Income Kids Are at Higher Risk of Going Unvaccinated

Blog / Nov 12, 2025

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Improving Health Care Quality

A Doula Network That’s Saving Lives

Podcast / Nov 07, 2025

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Improving Health Care Quality

Changes to Medicaid Threaten Contraceptive Accessibility

Blog / Nov 03, 2025

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Improving Health Care Quality

Could Notifications Help Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Utilize Their Unused Benefits?

Blog / Oct 30, 2025

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Controlling Health Care Costs

How Inflation Rebates Can Curb Drug Price Increases

Explainer / Oct 28, 2025

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