The outcomes of this fall’s elections will profoundly affect Americans’ ability to access affordable, equitable health care.

A senior woman with a walker opens mail in her mailroom. When Medicare Advantage beneficiaries are denied coverage for ...

Moving the needle on health care access and health disparities is no easy task. Inequities for people of color are embedded in the U.S. health system, shaping their health care journeys and often ...

American families are confronting harsh financial realities of late, from rising unemployment and sluggish wage growth to high food and fuel costs and tight credit. Added to these worries are soaring ...

During the pandemic, five countries maintained high childhood vaccination rates for polio and MMR near or above the herd ...

A core goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to make comprehensive individual market health insurance more affordable. To accomplish this, the law features insurance premium tax credits (PTCs) as ...

Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, including the U.S. Read the report here. The Advisory Committee on Ground ...

An estimated 26 million Americans, or 8 percent of the U.S. population, lacked health insurance in 2023. Although the United States still lags countries that have universal coverage, today’s uninsured ...

The U.S. health system is largely failing in its fundamental mission to protect Americans’ health, ranking last among 10 nations on key health equity, access to care, and outcome measures, a new ...

Medicare beneficiaries, many of whom live on fixed incomes, look for ways to make the costs of health care more affordable. Prescription drug costs comprise about one-quarter of beneficiaries’ ...