Private equity (PE) firms have increased their ownership stake across health care sectors in the US. PE’s focus on short-term profitability may decrease the provision of unprofitable services, ...

The best analyses of the impact of Medicaid work requirements have been based largely on older, voluntary state models. These ...

While the Trump administration is focused on cutting costs, addressing the gaps in care for millions of Americans with ...

President Trump signed a new presidential memorandum that encourages federal agencies to be less transparent and sidestep ...

Rather than reinvent government to better serve the American people, as his predecessors sought to do, HHS Secretary Kennedy ...

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Bob Herman of STAT News to the program to discuss the state of deals in the health care ...

Hello and welcome to Health Affairs This Week. I'm your host, Jeff Beyers. We're recording on 04/16/2025. As a heads up, we have two upcoming insider events I want you all to be aware of.

As policy makers consider programmatic changes that would restrict MA plans’ ability to manage care, they should be mindful of the downstream impact these changes could have on traditional Medicare.

Many of the directions included in the order will be familiar to those who watched drug pricing policy closely during the ...

Cutting federal Medicaid spending would have such negative consequences on older adults and people with disabilities because ...

While the new option for MA plans to offer supplemental LTSS is a small step in the right direction, the reality is that plan offerings are sparse and severely limited in scope. It’s crucial for ...