Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Mary Kathryn Poole of Harvard University to discuss her recent paper ...

State-directed payments are an effective mechanism for Medicaid programs to ensure adequate reimbursement for providers, but ...

Susan was a scientist, a biologist by training. Her unwavering faith in scientific inquiry was her guiding compass. She ...

What is one to make of the career of Dr. Joseph Dennis Harris, which once soared far beyond the strictures of race and class ...

Hello and welcome to Health Affairs This Week. I am your host, Jeff Beyers. We're recording on 04/24/2025. This week, we published an ahead of print article by Yasha Sweeney Singh titled private ...

A wave of new “tough-on-crime” state laws across the country criminalizes substance use and homelessness, raising serious public health concerns. For example, 2024’s “Safer Kentucky Act ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads,” produced with the support of the Commonwealth Fund. Articles in this topic offer ...

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, ...

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