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Primary Care Transformation
November 2025 Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH,
Health care should not just be about treating illness. It should be about preventing it, building long-term healing relationships, and improving overall health outcomes. So, when we talk about how to extend life expectancy and improve health at a sustainable cost, the answer is simple: double down on primary care. More
Primer Health of US Primary Care Scorecard Primary Care Transformation
November 2025
Copublished with the Robert Graham Center and the Dr. John W. Hatch Center for Science The issue The 2025 US Primary Care… More
Health Care Costs Health Insurance US Health Care Reform
November 2025 Sherry Glied, Lawrence D. Brown,
Despite all the criticism, the ACA has had notable success in achieving its objectives. More
Health Equity Population Health Social drivers of health Value-Based Payment
November 2025 ANDRE NOGUEIRA, MARGARET M. FITZPATRICK, ASHLEY GRESH, KENNEDY MCDANIEL, TIFFANY J. RISER, TERRANCE LINDSAY, RANDI WOODS, ADEDOYIN EISAPE, LISA STAMBOLIS, ALICIA COOKE, BRUCE LEFF, ELIANA PERRIN, REGINA HAMMOND, Sarah L. Szanton,
Despite spending more per capita on healthcare than any other nation, the United States experiences declining life expectancy and increasing chronic disease burden—a paradox reflecting fundamental limitations in the current treatment-centered, facility-based care system. This paper introduces Neighborhood Nursing, an innovative universal care infrastructure designed to shift the US healthcare toward proactive, prevention-centered care organized geographically in neighborhoods. More
Population Health Public Health
November 2025 Rebekah H. Nagler, Erika Franklin Fowler, Emily K. Vraga, Alexander J. Rothman, Sarah E. Gollust,
US adults’ awareness of actions threatening public health and science declined between March and September 2025, according to a new survey. More
Report Health Care Affordability
November 2025 Jessica Mar, Caitlin Otter, Michael Bailit,
Over the last decade, high and rising health care costs have squeezed patients’ wallets, strained local economies, and consumed a growing share of state budgets. In response, states have increasingly recognized the urgency of addressing unsustainable health care cost growth through innovative cost containment strategies More
November 2025 Eva H. Allen, Jennifer M. Haley,
In 2024, there were 18.7 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, with Black and Native women at significantly higher risk of maternal mortality. Medicaid is at the forefront of addressing the US maternal health crisis given that it covers 4 in 10 births nationwide, nearly two-thirds of births to Black women, and more than one-quarter of births to Native women. More
Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Policy
November 2025 Paul T. Kim,
As feared at the start of the second Trump Administration, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proven a willing good soldier in fulfilling the… More
October 2025 Joshua M. Sharfstein,
If repetition is the mother of learning, then I am learning that the second Trump administration likes to use the term “gold standard science.” It is… More
Health Care Practice / Quality Population Health
October 2025 Katherine A. Kennedy, Cyrus Kosar, Madison S. Williams, Kali S. Thomas,
Context: Funded partially by the Older Americans Act, state Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs (LTCOPs) provide a critical role in serving as… More
