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Social and Economic Policies Can Help Reverse Americans’ Declining Health Report

A child rides his bicycle through a park in Hoboken, New Jersey, as the sun sets on lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City on October 5, 2020. (Getty/Gary Hershorn)

Social and Economic Policies Can Help Reverse Americans’ Declining Health

To meaningfully improve the health of Americans, new policies must target all of the drivers of health, including education, economic stability, neighborhoods and environments, social and community well-being, and historic inequities.

Oct 7, 2021

Steven Woolf

Value-Based Pricing of Prescription Drugs Benefits Patients and Promotes Innovation Report

A man, who has Parkinson's disease, sits behind his daily medications at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, on February 1, 2019.

Value-Based Pricing of Prescription Drugs Benefits Patients and Promotes Innovation

Value-based pricing aligns prescription drug prices to their clinical benefits, leading to lower spending and better health outcomes.

Sep 13, 2021

Thomas Waldrop

How Nonprofit Hospitals Can Support Communities and Advance Public Health Report

A registered nurse walks a resident back to her room at an assisted living center in Dayton, Washington, March 2020.

How Nonprofit Hospitals Can Support Communities and Advance Public Health

Three case studies illustrate how humility, collaboration, and community-driven processes are essential to impactful work.

Aug 19, 2021

Nicole Rapfogel, Emily Gee

7 Ways Drug Pricing Legislative Proposals Would Lower Costs for Consumers and Businesses Report

(A woman displays her pill organizer that she uses to keep track of the prescription drugs, vitamins, insulin, and arthritis injections she takes at her home in Medford, Massachusetts, January 2020.)

7 Ways Drug Pricing Legislative Proposals Would Lower Costs for Consumers and Businesses

Key legislative proposals, including drug price negotiation and inflation caps, would save consumers and businesses millions of dollars.

Jul 26, 2021

Nicole Rapfogel, Maura Calsyn, Colin Seeberger

How States Can Build on the ACA To Improve Affordability and Lower Health Care Costs Report

How States Can Build on the ACA To Improve Affordability and Lower Health Care Costs

The American Rescue Plan gives states additional flexibility to expand health coverage.

Jul 15, 2021

Maura Calsyn

Using Bulk Purchasing To Lower Prescription Drug Prices Report

PHOENIX, AZ - DECEMBER 24: An elderly women begins her day taking her daily prescription medicine on December 24, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona.(Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/ Corbis via Getty Images)

Using Bulk Purchasing To Lower Prescription Drug Prices

Bulk purchasing of prescription drugs would allow federal and state governments to better respond to epidemics—including opioid addiction and HIV/AIDS—and pandemics such as COVID-19.

May 12, 2021

Thomas Waldrop

Employers Can Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts Report

Pharmacy technicians prepare doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at a mass COVID-19 vaccination event on January 30, 2021, in Denver.

Employers Can Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts

Until the United States achieves a higher rate of immunity, the coronavirus remains a threat to public health and the nation’s economic recovery.

May 10, 2021

Emily Gee, Nicole Rapfogel

Public Options Will Improve Health Equity Across the Country Report

(Medical workers prepare to vaccinate people at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic in a rural Delta community in Leland, Mississippi, April 2021.)

Public Options Will Improve Health Equity Across the Country

Heath reforms to expand coverage and lower costs can be designed to also address health inequities and disparities.

May 5, 2021

Nicole Rapfogel, Maura Calsyn

Building On the ACA To Reduce Health Insurance Disruptions Report

A file cabinet with color coded folders is seen in a doctor's office. (Getty/Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group)

Building On the ACA To Reduce Health Insurance Disruptions

Federal and state policymakers must act to lower health insurance churn rates, improve continuity of care, and limit coverage gaps.

Apr 2, 2021

Nicole Rapfogel

Building on the ACA: Administrative Actions to Improve Maternal Health Report

Building on the ACA: Administrative Actions to Improve Maternal Health

The United States’ maternal health crisis demands federal and state action to improve coverage, the delivery of care, and pregnancy outcomes. The cost of inaction will almost certainly be dire.

Mar 25, 2021

Jamille Fields Allsbrook, Osub Ahmed

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