Covering nearly 40 percent of all children in the country, including more than 80 percent of children in poverty and more ...

Issue: To address longstanding gaps in coverage, the Affordable Care Act requires individual and small-group health insurance to cover an essential health benefits (EHB) package. States define the ...

Community health centers (CHCs) are providing high-quality, comprehensive primary care to more patients than ever. In 2023, CHCs served a record-setting 31 million patients, including more than 19 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Michael Karpman, M.P.P., is a principal research associate in the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute. His work focuses on the implications of the Affordable Care Act, including quantitative ...