Reliable access to comprehensive contraceptive services in Medicaid has led to lower rates of unintended pregnancy and improved the health and economic well-being of women and their families. However, ...
To discourage price hikes on brand-name drugs, the IRA requires manufacturers to pay inflation rebates to Medicare if prices ...
This analysis estimates the impact of the loss of enhanced premium tax credits (ePTC) for marketplace coverage on community ...
In 2024, Texas increased supplemental payments for rural hospitals from $500 to $1,500 per birth, bringing the total compensation per Medicaid birth to $8,100. (For comparison, employer-sponsored ...
Plans extensively market their supplemental benefits; one of four MA enrollees report choosing their plans over traditional Medicare because of them. To learn more, the Commonwealth Fund and SSRS ...
It took 10 years of political tension to establish Australia’s universal public health insurance program, known as Medicare. A universal health care bill was initially introduced in Parliament in 1973 ...
Emily L. Hague, Ph.D., is a health services researcher at Mathematica Policy Research, where she focuses on describing and evaluating care delivery and payment innovations. Her work has included ...
The Title X Family Planning Program provides equitable and reliable access to contraception nationwide and is a critical ...
Prior authorization can help encourage the efficient use of health care resources but too often, it delays treatment patients ...
Historically, immigrants who are “lawfully present” in the United States but not citizens have had access to certain benefits, including financial help to purchase health coverage. This explainer ...
In May 2025, nearly 163 million people in the United States were employed either full or part time. Employer coverage forms the backbone of the health insurance system, but not all working people get ...
Maanasa Kona, J.D., LL.M., is an associate research professor at the Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. Her work focuses on advancing ...