The best analyses of the impact of Medicaid work requirements have been based largely on older, voluntary state models. These ...

Private equity (PE) firms have increased their ownership stake across health care sectors in the US. PE’s focus on short-term profitability may decrease the provision of unprofitable services, ...

While the Trump administration is focused on cutting costs, addressing the gaps in care for millions of Americans with ...

Rather than reinvent government to better serve the American people, as his predecessors sought to do, HHS Secretary Kennedy ...

President Trump signed a new presidential memorandum that encourages federal agencies to be less transparent and sidestep ...

Cutting federal Medicaid spending would have such negative consequences on older adults and people with disabilities because ...

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Shuyue (Amy) Deng of Tufts University to discuss her recent paper ...

Many of the directions included in the order will be familiar to those who watched drug pricing policy closely during the ...

This article reviews private equity’s influence on health care, highlighting its profit-driven strategies that conflict with ...

End-stage renal disease should serve as a cautionary tale for policy makers seeking to avoid the pitfalls of poorly designed ...

Hello and welcome to Health Affairs This Week. I'm your host, Jeff Beyers. We're recording on 04/16/2025. As a heads up, we ...

As policy makers consider programmatic changes that would restrict MA plans’ ability to manage care, they should be mindful of the downstream impact these changes could have on traditional Medicare.