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Mainline Health Monticello Clinic in southeast Arkansas seen from above

Improving Health Care Quality

Training in Place: How a Unique Scholarship Program Is Catalyzing Innovation in Rural Health

Publication / Feb 10, 2026

Pills in blue-gloved hands

Controlling Health Care Costs

How Drugmakers Use the Patent Process to Keep Prices High

Explainer / Nov 13, 2025

Shelves of pharmacy stocked with medication

Controlling Health Care Costs

How Inflation Rebates Can Curb Drug Price Increases

Explainer / Oct 28, 2025

Hospital worker fist-bumps patient in hospital bed

Achieving Universal Coverage

Basic Health Programs: An Alternative to Public Options?

Issue Briefs / Mar 27, 2024

Denver, Colorado downtown skyline viewed from Red Rocks at dawn.

Achieving Universal Coverage

States Move Forward with Public Option Programs, but Differ in How They Select Insurance Carriers

Blog / Jan 24, 2023

Cerri McKeon holds her two-month-old daughter at the Min No Aya Win clinic on the Fond du Lac reservation in Cloquet, Minn., on May 6, 2020.

Improving Health Care Quality

Which Key Health Care Issues Warrant Strong Consideration by Congress in a Year-End Spending Package?

Blog / Nov 17, 2022

Man jogging towards the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.

Achieving Universal Coverage

Congressional Proposals for a Federal Public Health Insurance Option

Blog / Nov 03, 2022

Doctor examines patient in exam room

Advancing Health Equity

Engaging Voice to Support Racially Equitable Policymaking

Blog / Oct 04, 2022

Medical assistant organizing the records of patients in cancer center

Advancing Health Equity

Medicaid Reimbursement Rates Are a Racial Justice Issue

Blog / Jun 16, 2022

Doctor in mask comforts patient in mask in doctor's office

Advancing Health Equity

A Racial Equity Framework for Assessing Health Policy

Issue Briefs / Jan 20, 2022

President Biden speaking at podium in front of American flags and white house seal.

Controlling Health Care Costs

Biden’s Executive Order Promotes Competition to Lower Drug Costs

Blog / Jul 30, 2021

Pharmacist and patient discussing prescription drugs

Controlling Health Care Costs

The Case for Drug-Pricing Reform — The Cost of Inaction

Blog / May 26, 2021

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