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Research & Policy Updates
Medicaid Reviews May Disenroll Vulnerable Dual Eligibles
Chart of the Day: Researchers Urge Easier Renewals and Better Support To Prevent Gaps in Care
New Study Reveals Death Rates During SSDI’s 24-Month Wait for Medicare
While They Wait for Medicare, People Approved for Social Security Disability Die at Higher Rates Compared to the General Public
Staffing Mandates Boost Care Without Closing Nursing Homes
New Evidence Undercuts Industry Warnings and Supports the Case To Restore Federal Minimum Staffing Standards
Hospital Mergers Push Moms on Medicaid Farther for Care
Mergers Change Where Low-Income Women Give Birth—Prompting Calls for Regulators to Weigh Effects on Vulnerable Patients and Safety-Net Systems
What Makes Cash Transfer Programs Work?
LDI Experts Point to Four Conditions Grounded in Global Evidence
Your Emergency Surgery May Rely on Which Surgeon Is On Call
Clinical Reasoning May Lead Two Surgeons to Prescribe Different Treatments to Similar Patients
Paying for Healthy Choices
Evidence From More Than 600 Studies Reveals When Financial Incentives Move the Needle—And When They Don’t
Experts Warn Addiction Policy is Weak Despite Falling Overdose Deaths
Penn LDI Panel Urges Family-Focused Strategy and Stronger Health System Response
Virtual Nursing Gets Mixed Marks As Fix for Hospital Staffing Crisis
Remote Nurses Improved Quality Slightly but Can’t Replace Nurses at the Bedside, a New Study Finds
The Long-Term Care Experiment Everyone is Watching
Washington State’s First-in-the-Nation Insurance Plan Begins Payouts in Mid-2026, and Researchers Will Weigh its Effect on Care, Costs, and the Long-Term Care Markets
Loss of Vital Monitoring System Threatens Nation’s Health
Without Pressure From Congress, NHANES — Which Helped Uncover High Levels of Childhood Lead, Nutritional Deficiencies, and Forever Chemicals — Will Cease to Exist