Munira Z. Gunja, M.P.H., is senior researcher in the Commonwealth Fund’s International Program in Health Policy and Practice Innovations. She joined the Fund in 2015 as senior research associate in ...
Yes, the planet is getting hotter, tropical storms are becoming ever more fierce, and the Arctic is melting — but what’s that got to do with health care? This week on The Dose podcast, host Joel ...
With far more people dying of gun-related causes annually in the United States than in other high-income countries, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., officially declared firearm violence a ...
The No Surprises Act, signed into law in 2020, went into effect for most consumers enrolled in individual and group health insurance plans on January 1, 2022. The new law addresses surprise bills for ...
Equitable policymaking also requires an accurate picture of disability at the population level. Current estimates using the American Community Survey (ACS) report that 14 percent of the U.S.
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 ...