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Controlling Health Care Costs

Consumer Choice in U.S. Health Care: Using Insights from the Past to Inform the Way Forward

Fund Reports / Nov 30, 2021

Successful health care consumerism requires price data, quality information, and financial incentives for selecting low-cost, high-quality providers and services.

Featured: Maternal Health

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Advancing Health Equity

Policies for Reducing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality and Enhancing Equity in Maternal Health

Fund Reports / Nov 16, 2021

Kyra Betts holds her five-month-old son Nathan Randy Patton Jr. outside her mother’s home in St. Louis on May 20, 2021.

Advancing Health Equity

The High Costs of Maternal Morbidity Show Why We Need Greater Investment in Maternal Health

Issue Briefs / Nov 12, 2021

Solitary man in mask looking at NYC skyline in fog

Improving Health Care Quality

Policy Options to Advance Mental Health: Resources and Tools for State Policymakers

blog / Nov 09, 2021

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Woman on bed discusses health with her doctor who is holding a clipboard, both wearing masks

Controlling Health Care Costs

Consumer Choice in U.S. Health Care: Using Insights from the Past to Inform the Way Forward

Fund Reports / Nov 30, 2021

Controlling Health Care Costs

Supreme Court Will Decide How Medicare’s Extra Payments to Hospitals Treating Low-Income Patients Are Calculated

Blog / Nov 23, 2021

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Improving Health Care Quality

COVID Vaccines Save Lives, But We’re Chasing a Moving Target

Podcast / Nov 19, 2021

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Advancing Health Equity

Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in U.S. Health Care

Scorecard / Nov 18, 2021

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Controlling Health Care Costs

Brand-Name Drug Prices: The Key Driver of High Pharmaceutical Spending in the U.S.

Publication / Nov 17, 2021

Mother wipes toddler daughters face while baby sleeps next to table in bassinet

Advancing Health Equity

Policies for Reducing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality and Enhancing Equity in Maternal Health

Fund Reports / Nov 16, 2021

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Controlling Health Care Costs

Protecting Consumers from Surprise Ambulance Bills

Blog / Nov 15, 2021

Kyra Betts holds her five-month-old son Nathan Randy Patton Jr. outside her mother’s home in St. Louis on May 20, 2021.

Advancing Health Equity

The High Costs of Maternal Morbidity Show Why We Need Greater Investment in Maternal Health

Issue Briefs / Nov 12, 2021

Controlling Health Care Costs

Supreme Court Will Determine Whether 340B Hospitals Retain Discounts on Medicare Part B Drugs

Blog / Nov 11, 2021

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Achieving Universal Coverage

Unpacking Colorado’s New Guidance on Transgender Health

Blog / Nov 10, 2021

Solitary man in mask looking at NYC skyline in fog

Improving Health Care Quality

Policy Options to Advance Mental Health: Resources and Tools for State Policymakers

Blog / Nov 09, 2021

Illustration of doctor speaking with trans homeless youth

Advancing Health Equity

Meeting the Health Care Needs of Transgender People Without Housing

Podcast / Nov 05, 2021

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