CLARKSBURG, California. – En una soleada mañana de agosto, en este pueblo agrícola, antes que las temperaturas se dispararan hasta los 103 grados Fahrenheit, el secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS) de Estados Unidos, Xavier Becerra, se paró frente a la pequeña biblioteca pública. Becerra venía a hablar de los esfuerzos de la administración…
EY report shows a $9 increase in benefits from the prior year
Healthcare Economist was named the #4 health policy blog in 2025 by FeedSpot. My blog was also ranked as the #1 top health economics blog, the #4 public health blog, and #31 economics blog as well. I’m excited to receive this recognition!
Waymark’s community-based interventions reduce hospital and emergency department visits and improve care quality, according to a new study. The company supports Medicaid patients by connecting them with community health workers, therapists, pharmacists and care coordinators in their area. The post New Study Shows That Waymark Reduces ED, Hospital Visits for Medicaid Patients appeared first on…
“Donald Trump said he was going to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. He never did. We did.” Vice President Kamala Harris at the ABC News presidential debate, Sept. 10 Since Vice President Kamala Harris entered the presidential race, she and former President Donald Trump have sparred over their approaches to lowering prescription drug costs….
For years, the two patients had come to the Penn Memory Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where doctors and researchers follow people with cognitive impairment as they age, as well as a group with normal cognition. Both patients, a man and a woman, had agreed to donate their brains after they died for further…
Hundreds of people in and around Los Angeles are still picking up the pieces after devastating fires swept through the county in January. The wildfires erupted on January 7th, 2025, destroying communities in the Palisades and Eaton neighborhoods and elsewhere. Many people lost their homes, and dozens lost their lives. As these communities struggled with…
There were lots of very interesting sessions at ISPOR 2025 in Montreal. One of my favorites that I was able to attend was titled “Medicare Price Negotiation of Part B Drugs: Implications for Provider Reimbursement and Commercial Spillover“. The session was moderated by Sean Sullivan of University of Washington, with Kristi Martin from the Centers…
ERWIN, Tenn. — April Boyd texted her husband before she boarded the helicopter. “So, I don’t want to be dramatic,” she wrote on Sept. 27, “but we are gonna fly and rescue patients from the rooftop of Unicoi hospital.” Earlier that day, Hurricane Helene roared into the Southern Appalachian Mountains after moving north through Florida…
If the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is signed into law, it would result in a $50.4 billion reduction in federal Medicaid spending on rural hospitals over the next decade, which could put 338 rural hospitals at risk of closure, according to new analyses. The post How Badly Would Medicaid Cuts Hurt Healthcare Access in…