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The Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Policy Leadership at Harvard University
Mongan Fellowship in Minority Health Policy, is a yearlong program offering intensive study in health policy, public health, and management for physicians committed to transforming health care ...
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How State Budget Shortfalls Could Put Medicaid Dental Coverage at Risk
Dental benefits for adults in Medicaid are a frequent target for budget cuts; state budget shortfalls could make cuts more ...
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The Challenge of Measuring Maternal Mortality in the U.S.
In the U.S., the maternal mortality rate is greater than in other high-income countries, with persistent racial and ethnic ...
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Reducing Medicaid Churn: Policies to Promote Stable Health Coverage and Access to Care
Policymakers have several options to reduce churn in Medicaid enrollment, including expanding continuous eligibility and ...
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What the ACA Marketplaces Do for Your State
Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, ...
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House Budget Bill and Tax Credit Expiration Will Make It Harder to Get and Afford Marketplace Health Plans
If the bill becomes law and Congress allows the enhanced premium tax credits — which were passed during the pandemic and ...
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How the U.S. Can Better Understand — and Prevent — Maternal Deaths Related to Substance Use
Some state committees classify overdose or substance use deaths as “pregnancy-associated but not related” and thus do not ...
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Federal Cuts to Medicaid Could End Medicaid Expansion and Affect Hospitals in Nearly Every State
The U.S. Congress is considering deep cuts to federal Medicaid spending, as much as $880 billion over 10 years. According to the Congressional Budget Office, such cuts would represent a 12 percent ...
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Health Care Affordability for Older Adults: How the U.S. Compares to Other Countries
The Medicare program in the United States is a critical pathway to health care coverage for adults age 65 and older and younger people with disabilities. Beneficiaries have the option of receiving ...
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The State of Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.
An estimated 26 million Americans, or 8 percent of the U.S. population, lacked health insurance in 2023. 1 While the United States still lags countries that have universal coverage, today’s uninsured ...
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Health Care for Women: How the U.S. Compares Internationally
Recently released federal data once again show the United States with by far the highest rate of maternal deaths of any high-income nation, despite a decline since the COVID-19 pandemic. 1 Racial ...
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Why Primary Care Practitioners Aren’t Joining Value-Based Payment Models: Reasons and Potential Solutions
Despite the potential of these models to strengthen the primary care infrastructure and improve patient care, 4 most primary care practices do not participate in them. A 2022 survey found that just 46 ...