This article does not attempt to predict the potential policies that the new administration and Congress might pursue or how ...

Transparency in the program is more than just a mechanism for fair pricing—it is a driving force that diminishes the returns ...

Expanding eligibility for MSPs is an important avenue to support health care affordability for older low-income adults, ...

In 2016, ahead of the US presidential election, the National Academy of Medicine launched the strategic initiative Vital Directions for Health and Health Care—a series of papers on critical areas of ...

Laws and policies prohibiting the discussion of what the first Trump administration in 2020 labeled “divisive concepts” ...

Existing regulatory authority allows CMS to ensure that all provisions within the Inflation Reduction Act bring meaningful ...

In late October 2024, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) released data for the eleventh year of the ...

The Quality Pathway can drive greater care improvements through the use of multiple complementary levers of change, such as ...

This past year featured key developments in the prescription drug policy area, including the implementation of significant ...

It is likely that the Trump Administration will be aligned with the state attorneys general who brought this lawsuit—and will ...

Although it is only in its infancy, the Colorado Option is an innovative approach to providing affordable coverage while ...

As our population continues to age, Medicare’s role in the American health care system continues to grow. And Medicare’s power goes beyond health care; it was the power of the Medicare program that ...