Whether retired, nearing retirement, or living with a disability, most people with Medicare coverage live on fixed incomes.

While some states have updated their essential health benefits benchmark plans, it is ultimately the federal government’s ...

Community health centers (CHCs) are providing high-quality, comprehensive primary care to more patients than ever. In 2023, ...

Covering nearly 40 percent of all children in the country, including more than 80 percent of children in poverty and more ...

In 2020, in its landmark decision Bostock v. Clayton County , the United States Supreme Court concluded that prejudice ...

Yes, the planet is getting hotter, tropical storms are becoming ever more fierce, and the Arctic is melting — but what’s that got to do with health care? This week on The Dose podcast, host Joel ...

Regulations are a fundamental part of health policy. Congress legislates in broad terms and agencies fill in technical details on myriad issues, from how Medicaid eligibility is determined to how ...

With far more people dying of gun-related causes annually in the United States than in other high-income countries, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., officially declared firearm violence a ...

Equitable policymaking also requires an accurate picture of disability at the population level. Current estimates using the American Community Survey (ACS) report that 14 percent of the U.S.