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Health Equity

Jaya Aysola’s Remarks from UN Panel on Health Care for the Disabled

LDI Senior Fellow Calls for a Major Upgrade in Best Practices

By:
  • Hoag Levins
October 8, 2026

News | Video

Health Care Payment and Financing

States Weigh in on Trump Administration’s Medicaid Fraud Push

LDI/Tradeoffs Virtual Seminar Explores the New Federal Actions and Why Fraud is Hard to Measure

By:
  • Hoag Levins
October 7, 2026

In Their Own Words

Health Care Access & Coverage

Pregnancy Can Turn Deadly Before Prenatal Care Begins

LDI Fellow and OB-GYN Calls for Faster Testing and Better Early-Pregnancy Care

By:
  • Alice Abernathy, MD, MSHP
October 6, 2026

News

Health Care Payment and Financing

From Secret Health Care Prices to Too Much Information

Why a 2020 Federal Price Transparency Initiative has yet to Produce a Consumer Shopping Revolution

By:
  • Hoag Levins
October 6, 2026
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Blog Post

Lung Cancer Screening Isn’t Enough. Pay People to Quit Smoking.

Cash Incentives Doubled Quit Rates Among High-Risk Patients, Penn LDI Study Finds

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
October 5, 2026

News

Substance Use Disorder

Securing Abandoned Houses May Prevent Fatal Opioid Overdoses

Penn Study Finds Fewer Fatal Overdoses on Blocks Where Vacant Buildings were Sealed

By:
  • Hoag Levins
October 1, 2026
An illustration of a doctor holding kidneys

Blog Post

A Virtual Doctor May Be Coming to a Kidney Clinic Near You

AI May Be a Scalable Way to Educate Transplant Patients, but its Clinical Impact Remains Unclear

By:
  • Christine Weeks
September 30, 2026

News

A Potentially Harmful ED Delay That Has Been Widely Overlooked

New Study Focuses on Boarding Transition Time to Inpatient Medical Care

By:
  • Hoag Levins
September 28, 2026
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In Their Own Words

Pennsylvania Could Lose SNAP. Here’s One Way to Save It

A Sweetened-Drink Tax May Raise Revenue Statewide While Improving Health

By:
  • Christina Roberto, PhD
  • and Alyssa Moran, ScD, MPH
September 25, 2026
A person holding a vape

Blog Post

Population Health

State-Level Flavored Tobacco Bans: Are They Working in Youth?

LDI Fellow Recommends Coupling Bans With Price Increases, Cessation Support to Meaningfully Reduce Youth Use

By:
  • Afrah Howlader, MPH
September 24, 2026

News

Global Nursing Shortage Requires Better Workplaces, Not Just More Nurses

Penn-led Symposium: Magnet4Europe Hospitals Improved Retention, Safety, and Quality by Giving Nurses a Greater Voice in Care Delivery

By:
  • Hoag Levins
September 23, 2026

News

Health Care Payment and Financing

The Battle to Turn Consumers Into Effective Health Care Shoppers

LDI Virtual Seminar Explores Whether We’re Winning or Losing and What That Means

By:
  • Hoag Levins
September 21, 2026

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