What The Pitt Gets Right About the U.S. Health Care System
LDI Fellows Weigh in on the HBO Max Show, Describing Real Challenges With AI Errors, ER Violence, and End-of-Life Care
Research & Policy Updates
“Everybody’s Going to Feel the Pain”: Medicaid Cuts Threaten Addiction Treatment
New York Commissioner Warns University of Pennsylvania Conference That Funding Losses Could Force States to Ration Care and Risk Rising Overdose Deaths
Maternal Deaths Surge After Birth, With Mental Health a Key Factor
LDI Experts Are Making Postpartum Care Safer With Telehealth, Remote Monitoring, Doulas, and Long-Acting Addiction Care
Health Insurance May Slow Toxin-Related Aging, LDI Fellow Finds
Researchers Urge Expanding Insurance Coverage with Stronger Environmental Protections to Ease the Biological Toll of Lead and Other Hazards
Private Equity Expands Grip on Addiction Treatment Sector
Researchers Point to Gains in Access to Care but Declines in Patient Retention and Ongoing Concerns about Quality
Insurers Should Incentivize Non-Drug Treatments for Chronic Pain
An LDI Fellow and Chronic Pain Researcher Call on Health Plans To Lower Barriers to Physical Therapy, Acupuncture, and Interdisciplinary Pain Care
Housing May Help Homeless Veterans With Heart Disease Avoid the ER
Faster Access to Stable Housing May Improve Health for Vulnerable Veterans, LDI Fellows’ Study Finds
Medicare Advantage ‘Working’ for Seniors, but Not for Taxpayers, Experts Say
Penn LDI Panel Cites Costs for Enrollees Alongside Billions in Overpayments and Systemic Gaming
Hospital Ads Raised ER Visits and Medicare Spending, Innovative LDI Study Says
For-Profit Hospitals Saw the Largest ER Gains, With Smaller Effects at Nonprofits
Lawmakers Focused the Most on Mass Shootings in Gun Violence Posts
Officials Should Frame Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis and Promote Evidence-Based Prevention, LDI Fellows Say
What Do You Know About the History of the U.S. Health System?
Milestones Like Medicare, Private Equity and Now AI Shape a $4.9 Trillion System. Can You Name Them?
Unhealthy Housing Is a Public Health Threat, Penn’s Cheryl Bettigole Says
Former Philadelphia Health Commissioner Releases Policy Brief as City Council Weighs Stronger Tenant Protections