The Medicare open enrollment period — a time when beneficiaries can change their coverage — began October 15 and runs through ...

Whether retired, nearing retirement, or living with a disability, most people with Medicare coverage live on fixed incomes.

Ph.D. Student in Health Services Research, Boston University School of Public Health Allison Dorneo is a Ph.D. student in health services research at the Boston University School of Public Health, and ...

Melissa Garrido, Ph.D., is a health economist, director of the Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center (PEPReC) at the Boston VA Healthcare System, senior research scientist at the Center for ...

Ph.D. Student in Health Services Research, Boston University School of Public Health David Biko, M.H.A., is a Ph.D. student in health services research at the Boston University School of Public Health ...

An estimated 26 million Americans, or 8 percent of the U.S. population, lacked health insurance in 2023. 1 While the United States still lags countries that have universal coverage, today’s uninsured ...

Covering nearly 40 percent of all children in the country, including more than 80 percent of children in poverty and more ...

Issue: To address longstanding gaps in coverage, the Affordable Care Act requires individual and small-group health insurance to cover an essential health benefits (EHB) package. States define the ...

Community health centers (CHCs) are providing high-quality, comprehensive primary care to more patients than ever. In 2023, CHCs served a record-setting 31 million patients, including more than 19 ...

Regulations are a fundamental part of health policy. Congress legislates in broad terms and agencies fill in technical details on myriad issues, from how Medicaid eligibility is determined to how ...