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

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 ...

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 ...

While some states have updated their essential health benefits benchmark plans, it is ultimately the federal government’s ...

Community health centers (CHCs) are providing high-quality, comprehensive primary care to more patients than ever. In 2023, ...

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 ...