Source: Faith Leonard and Gretchen Jacobson, “What Does the Decline in Medicare Part D Plan Availability Mean for ...

Under H.R. 1, states must require that low-income people meet work-reporting requirements to qualify for Medicaid under the ...

With sufficient funding, states can utilize Medicaid SPAs and Section 1115 waivers, MCO contracts, and Title X grants to ...

Insured patients, especially those outside urban areas, described a shortage of health care providers, both for primary care ...

H.R. 1’s Medicaid provider tax changes are projected to reduce federal investments by nearly $226 billion over 10 years and cause 2.4 million people to lose coverage.

These developments have prompted states to preserve scientifically backed services where they can: state-regulated private insurance plans, Medicaid, and public health programs. State policymakers ...

In 2004, Congress authorized special needs plans (SNPs) as a new type of Medicare Advantage plan that enables insurers to offer customized approaches for high-need beneficiaries. There are three types ...

In 2017, at a time when maternal mortality was declining worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the U.S. was one of only two countries (along with the Dominican Republic) to ...

The United States continues to have the highest rate of maternal deaths of any high-income nation, despite a decline since the COVID-19 pandemic. And within the U.S., the rate is by far the highest ...

While nearly all Americans age 65 and older are covered by Medicare, their experiences seeking and receiving health care can vary significantly. Research shows that older Black and Latinx Medicare ...

The article is part of a partnership between the Commonwealth Fund and the Bassett Research Institute in Cooperstown, N.Y., to explore innovative approaches to the health care challenges facing rural ...

On June 17, six U.S. Supreme Court justices joined an opinion penned by Justice Stephen Breyer concluding that California v. Texas, the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), should be ...