The escalating threat of climate change is not just an environmental concern; it is increasingly becoming a workplace hazard.

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Republicans in Congress have raised the prospect of rolling back recently finalized rules that make Medicaid more efficient, ...

State-directed payments are an effective mechanism for Medicaid programs to ensure adequate reimbursement for providers, but ...

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Mary Kathryn Poole of Harvard University to discuss her recent paper ...

A wave of new “tough-on-crime” state laws across the country criminalizes substance use and homelessness, raising serious public health concerns. For example, 2024’s “Safer Kentucky Act ...

Hello and welcome to Health Affairs This Week. I am your host, Jeff Beyers. We're recording on 04/24/2025. This week, we published an ahead of print article by Yasha Sweeney Singh titled private ...

Data Sources And Study Population We obtained person-level Medicare Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) data for 2012 and 2013 from CMS. These data included information about ...