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Research & Policy Updates

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In Their Own Words

Health Care Access & Coverage

The Unseen Fallout of Abortion Bans

How Threatened Reproductive Rights Pushed More Pennsylvanians Toward Sterilization

By:
  • Alice Abernathy, MD, MSHP
October 17, 2025
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Blog Post

Health Equity

Hospitals Rarely Use Z Codes to Document Patients’ Social Risks

Billing Codes That Flag Food, Job, or Housing Insecurity in Medical Records are Underused for the Sickest Medicare Patients

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
October 16, 2025
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Blog Post

Population Health

Cash Transfers and Healthy Birth Outcomes

Promising New Evidence and What’s Next

By:
  • Jordan Wood, MPH
October 15, 2025
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In Their Own Words

Health Care Access & Coverage

Parents Need Time, Not Deadlines, After Fetal Diagnoses

Abortion Restrictions Can Backfire, Pushing Families to End Pregnancies

By:
  • Abigail Wilpers, PhD, WHNP-BC
October 12, 2025

In Their Own Words

NIH on the Brink: How to Fund Medical Breakthroughs in the Trump–Kennedy Era

With Drastic Cuts on the Table, What’s the Best Way To Fund Medical Innovation – NIH Grants, Prizes, or Bold New Models?

By:
  • Mark V. Pauly, PhD
October 9, 2025

News

Health Care Payment and Financing

Why Population Health Programs are Such a Challenge for Health Systems

An Analysis of Penn Medicine Healthy Heart Program Provides Insights

By:
  • Hoag Levins
October 9, 2025
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Blog Post

Population Health

Black Life Expectancy Shows Sharp Geographic Divide: Cities Gained, While Midwest and Rural Areas Fell Back

From 1990 to 2019, Black Life Expectancy Rose Most in Major Metros and the Northeast—but Gains Stalled or Reversed in Rural Areas and the Midwest, Especially for Younger Adults

By:
  • Karl Stark
October 3, 2025
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Blog Post

Improving Care for Older Adults

Clinician Nursing Home Caseloads Unrelated to Patient Outcomes

Findings Suggest That Improving Post-Acute Care Means Looking Beyond Caseloads to Nursing Home Quality

By:
  • Christine Weeks
October 2, 2025
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In Their Own Words

Health Care Access & Coverage

Why Work Requirements Won’t Work for Medicaid

They Reduce Coverage, Not Costs, History Shows. Smarter Incentives Would Encourage the Private Sector 

By:
  • Mark V. Pauly, PhD
October 1, 2025
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Blog Post

The MISSION Act Gave Veterans More Choice but Raised Risks for Heart Care, LDI Fellows’ Study Finds

The 2018 MISSION Act Cut Travel Times for Veterans Needing Major Heart Procedures but That Came With More Complications in VA Community Care

By:
  • Joanna Kim, MPH
October 1, 2025
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In Their Own Words

Improving Care for Older Adults

It’s Time to Talk About Dementia

Ongoing Innovations in Diagnostics and Treatments Can Drive Cultural Openness in Discussing Causes, Experiences

By:
  • Jason Karlawish, MD
September 29, 2025

News

Health Care Payment and Financing

The Price of Obamacare Subsidies Loss: Millions Uninsured, Thousands at Greater Risk

Penn LDI/Tradeoffs Panel Discussion Eyes Impact of December Congressional Cutoff

By:
  • Hoag Levins
September 29, 2025

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