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Bridging the gap in outcomes between intended policy and realized behavior requires careful study of actual responses to taxes.
No grant program can replace the size and scope of health insurance, and it is fair to say that the Rural Health ...
The OBBBA's Rural Health Transformation Program has been described as a rural hospital fund, but given how the program is actually structured and designed, this is clearly a misnomer.
While there are signs that Medicaid reentry programs continue to enjoy support from both sides of the aisle, these programs (and their patients) will inevitably be impacted by proposed cuts and ...
Red Oak, Texas. She is a participant in ‘The People Say.’ ...
Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews J. Wyatt Koma of Harvard University about his recent paper that explores enrollment ...
A significant part of this article relies deeply on the testimonials of two Medicare beneficiaries who generously ...
Rural hospitals in the US have closed at a rapid pace in recent years, raising concerns about decreased access to care and declining competition in rural markets. Because prices paid by commercial ...
The expansion of Medicare Advantage in rural areas highlights a policy paradox: Despite long-standing efforts by the federal ...
James D. Lee, MD, MPH, is a fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program at the Institute for Health Policy and Innovation and a clinical instructor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the ...
Racism is the reason for large, sustained health inequities in the US. Four overview articles in this month’s Health Affairs orient the reader to the complex relationship between racism and ...
Data from the AHRQ Compendium of US Health Systems show that health system ownership of Medicare Advantage plans has ...