The alignment of incentives is clear. Treatment of tobacco use improves patient health, lowers total medical expense, and, ...

For now, the most reasonable stance is watchful waiting: acknowledging the real problems WISeR seeks to address, recognizing ...

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and David Simon of the ...

ICHRAs are a fascinating experiment that could open the door to a new phase of US health policy, but benefiting from an ...

This Forefront article details the proposed changes to Medicaid eligibility and financing, the anticipated outcomes for ...

A patient-led process for comparing actual bills to data reported under the hospital price transparency rule would help the ...

After four years, federal price transparency rules have revealed a meaningful number of prices. But they’ve revealed ...

In 2025, the average annual premium for family health coverage reached $26,993, an increase of $1,408 (6 percent) from the previous year. Covered workers contributed an average of 16 percent ($1,440) ...

This shift could improve care coordination and create opportunities for cost savings through enhanced formulary flexibility ...

Medicaid’s open-ended matching funding arrangements distribute a much larger amount of federal funding to wealthier states ...

Under FDA regulations, suspension is not the end of the process. Unless a license holder voluntarily relinquishes its license ...

The medical loss ratio drives higher premiums and higher medical care spending and presents other unintended consequences ...