One Year, One Enrollment: Continuous Medicaid Eligibility Matters for Kids’ Health
New Findings Highlight the Value of 12-Month Eligibility in Reducing Care Gaps and Paperwork Burdens
Research & Policy Updates
Incarcerated Patients May Not Receive the Surgical Care They Need
The Prison System Often Fails to Meet Even Basic Standards for Pre- and Post-Operative Health, Experts Say
Integrated Medicare Advantage Plans Cut Dropout Rates for Dual-Eligible Individuals
Chart of the Day: Fully Integrated D-SNPs Kept These Vulnerable Patients Enrolled, a New Study Finds
Penn Medicine’s LeadIN Program Trains Philly Teens to Green Their Neighborhoods
Photo & Text Story of an Urban Health Lab Initiative to Improve Health and Community Stability
Safe Nurse Staffing Saves Lives and Money Across the World
Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Have Cut Deaths, Eased Burnout, and Saved Millions. Policymakers Must Act Now to Protect Patients
Policy Talk Isn’t Cheap; It Can Affect Your Health
Just Discussing Punitive or Supportive Policies—Even Before They're Enacted—Can Impact Physical and Mental Health, Especially for Marginalized Groups, LDI Fellow Says
How Patient Surveys Can Help Realize the Goal of Patient-Centered Care
These Five Strategies Can Make Surveys More Impactful, Says Wharton/LDI’s Ingrid M. Nembhard
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Less Maternity Care
Chart of the Day: New Study Maps Maternity Care Gaps in Smoke-Prone U.S. Counties
How the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Gut the SNAP Food Program
Largest-Ever SNAP Cuts Could Trigger a Food Insecurity Crisis in Pennsylvania and Other States, Experts Warn in an Op-Ed on PennLive
How Medicaid Cuts Will Affect Quality and Access in Long-Term Care
Home Care May be Hardest Hit, LDI’s Rachel M. Werner Tells Marketplace’s Make Me Smart Podcast
A Bold Plan to Fix Medicaid
Democrats Must Go Beyond Reversing Trump-Era Cuts With a New Strategy to Streamline Coverage, Reduce Waste, and Expand Access to Medicaid
A Hidden Threat After Cancer: Food Insecurity and Early Death
Food-Insecure Cancer Survivors Live Shorter Lives, Especially if They Can’t Use Federal Programs Like SNAP