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President Trump reinstated an expanded version of the so-called “Mexico City policy,” which prevents organizations that receive federal global health funding from providing access to abortion-related ...

Health Affairs presents a new collection of commentary articles in 2025 from the National Academy of Medicine’s (NAM’s) Vital Directions for Health and Health Care project, offering actionable ...

Given forthcoming changes to Medicare Part D plans under the Inflation Reduction Act, CMS should collect and publish ...

In 2016, ahead of the US presidential election, the National Academy of Medicine launched the strategic initiative Vital Directions for Health and Health Care—a series of papers on critical areas of ...

Transparency in the program is more than just a mechanism for fair pricing—it is a driving force that diminishes the returns ...