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Health Care Payment and Financing

Unpacking the Federal Drug Price Reduction Struggle

How Political Rhetoric and Behind-the-Scenes Deal-Making Obscure Who Really Pays - or How Much

By:
  • Hoag Levins
January 22, 2026
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Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

Patients Face New Barriers for GLP-1 Drugs Like Wegovy and Ozempic

Even With Lower Prices, Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Insurers Tighten Coverage for Drugs Like Mounjaro and Zepbound Using Prior Authorization and Other Tools

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
January 21, 2026
Children sitting at a lunch table.

In Their Own Words

America’s Kids Can’t Outrun a Broken Food System

Guidelines Matter, but Lasting Health Requires Investment in Better Food, More Activity, and More Targeted Tools From Medicaid and SNAP

By:
  • George Dalembert, MD, MSHP
  • and Deniz Cataltepe, MD
January 21, 2026

News

Health Equity

Dancing Students Toward Health Care Career Opportunities

A Wharton–Netter Center Collaboration Uses Experiential Learning to Build a Health Care Workforce Pipeline

By:
  • Hoag Levins
January 20, 2026
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In Their Own Words

Population Health

Heart Failure Patients May Get Sicker When the Rent Is Too High

Cheaper Housing Could be a Way to Lower Hospitalizations Among Medicaid Patients with Heart Failure

By:
  • Joniqua Ceasar MD
  • Sameed Khatana, MD, MPH
January 16, 2026
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In Their Own Words

When Nurses Strike, It’s a Warning About Patient Safety

An LDI Expert Connects Nurse Wellbeing and Staffing to Patient Safety Outcomes

By:
  • Linda H. Aiken, PhD, RN
January 16, 2026
Sign that says Medicaid circled by a stesthoscope and next to a clipboard.

In Their Own Words

Health Care Payment and Financing

Medicaid Financing and the Health Care Safety Net

Preparing for Challenges Ahead

By:
  • Michael Wang MD
  • Paula Chatterjee, MD, MPH
January 15, 2026
Penn LDI Issue Brief

Brief

Improving Care for Older Adults

Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Data 

Issue Brief: Understanding Gaps and Opportunities to Advance Research and Policy

By:
  • Julia Hinckley, JD
January 14, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

How One Study Helped Save Free Preventive Care in a Supreme Court Showdown

A 2024 Study Showing How Even Small Copays Reduce PrEP Use Fueled Media, Legal, and Advocacy Efforts As Courts Weighed a Case Threatening No-Cost Preventive Care for Millions

By:
  • Karl Stark
January 13, 2026

2026 Research Grants for Penn LDI Research Initiative on Improving Primary Care for Older Adults

By:
  • LDI Staff
January 12, 2026

2026 Expanding Access to Health Care Research Grants Announced

By:
  • LDI Staff
January 12, 2026

2026 LDI-Penn Medicine Research Laboratory Project Grants Announced

By:
  • LDI Staff
January 12, 2026

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