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Alan B. Cohen,
At his Senate confirmation hearing last December, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. assured Senator Bill Cassidy, a… More
Raquel Burgess, Tanja Srebotnjak, Christine Lin, Lawrence Grierson, Daniel C. Esty, Yusuf Ransome, Nicholas Freudenberg,
This article seeks to advance discussion on two key priorities related to the commercial determinants of health (CDH): 1) the development of mechanisms to measure and monitor the practices of commercial entities, and 2) the development of effective policy recommendations for addressing the CDH. More
Dennis P. Scanlon, Jillian B. Harvey, Cheryl L. Damberg, Pratiksha Mahendra Bhagat, Yunfeng Shi,
In this article, we discuss why reliance on transaction prices and market share alone is not sufficient for effective health policy development and regulatory enforcement in health care markets that are imperfectly competitive. We discuss the need to better measure the output produced by health care suppliers and to capture the costs of producing that output. More
Rebecca Brooks Smith, Gabriella Aboulafia, Benjamin D. Sommers,
From the pre- to post-ACA period, Medicaid take-up rates among eligible individuals increased, and these gains persisted during the beginning of the unwinding period, potentially reflecting increased outreach efforts under the Biden administration. However, areas of vulnerability remain among young adults, working adults, AI/AN individuals, and those in rural areas. More
Luke E. Barry, Sanjay Basu, May Wang, Roch A. Nianogo,
Context: Evidence suggests Medicaid expansion has improved cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes, especially among those of lower socioeconomic… More
Mark Schlesinger, Deepon Bhaumik,
Context: Health insurance reform in the United States has focused on expanding enrollment, a goal inhibited by complex insurance provisions. Research… More
Constanza Hurtado-Acuna, Michael S. Rendall,
Context: The 2015 to 2020 Delaware Contraceptive Access Now (DelCAN) initiative was motivated by Delaware’s having among the highest rates of… More
Molly Knowles, Aditi Vasan, Ziwei Pan, Judith A. Long, Shreya Kangovi,
Context: Community health worker (CHW) programs represent a key strategy for addressing social and structural drivers of health and have the… More
Devin English, Ty A. Robinson, Lori S. Hoggard, Felix M. Muchomba, Sharifa Z. Williams, Joel C. Cantor, Paul R. Duberstein, Brett M. Millar,
Reducing police expenditures and increasing housing expenditures may decrease Black–White inequities in years of potential life lost to suicide and police-perpetrated killing. More
Brent D. Fulton, Daniel R. Arnold, Jordan M. Wolf, Richard M. Scheffler,
This study identifies states that have established health care cost commissions (HCCCs), examines state-level political and economic factors associated with their establishment, and reports which of these states have also enacted health care competition-related laws that further equip these commissions. More
Sarah E. Gollust, Kristina Medero, Quin Mudry Nelson, Ceron Ford, Erika Franklin Fowler, Jeff Niederdeppe, Rebekah H. Nagler,
Public health communicators often discuss health equity–related concepts, but it is not clear what strategies they use or what resources can support them to overcome challenges they face. More
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