The Orphan Drug Act has catalyzed innovation in rare disease treatments, but the law’s shortcomings — particularly around ...

Rural Americans face significant barriers to accessing adequate primary care; tailored federal and state programs can help ...

This survey brief examines factors contributing to burnout among primary care physicians in 10 countries and strategies to ...

H.R. 1, the tax and spending law passed in 2025, requires states to implement work requirements for expanded Medicaid ...

Enhanced premium tax credits (PTCs), which were established to lower premiums and make health insurance more affordable for ...

Patent reforms could address a problem that’s been driving rising prescription drug costs and create a more competitive ...

Roughly 55 percent of Medicaid enrollees are working full or part time, and a number aren’t eligible for health insurance through their jobs. Read more in an explainer here.

Bio: Ray Moynihan, a 1998-99 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy, has been a reporter/broadcaster with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for over ten years. He graduated with ...

Bio: Gerdien Franx, Ph.D., a 2012-13 Dutch Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice, is a health services researcher and manager of health care innovation at Trimbos Institute/Netherlands ...

In 2017, at a time when maternal mortality was declining worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the U.S. was one of only two countries (along with the Dominican Republic) to ...

While nearly all Americans age 65 and older are covered by Medicare, their experiences seeking and receiving health care can vary significantly. Research shows that older Black and Latinx Medicare ...