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Research & Policy Updates

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In Their Own Words

Health Care Access & Coverage

Medicare’s Hidden Fix for High Drug Costs

Medicare’s Payment Plan Can Ease Seniors’ Crushing Drug Costs but Medicare Buries it in the Fine Print

By:
  • Jalpa A. Doshi, PhD
  • and John Lin, MD, MSHP
February 3, 2026
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Blog Post

Health Care Payment and Financing

Six Insights on Health Care Affordability From Penn LDI

LDI Fellows’ Research Quantifies the Effects of High Health Care Costs for Consumers and Shines Light on Several Drivers of High U.S. Health Care Costs

By:
  • Julia Hinckley, JD
February 2, 2026
Rachel M. Werner

Policy

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Repeal of Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities

Comment: Submitted to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

By:
  • Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
February 2, 2026
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Blog Post

AI in Health Care

Can AI Be Licensed the Way Doctors and Nurses Are?

A Licensure Model May Offer Safer Oversight as Clinical AI Grows More Complex, a Penn LDI Doctor Says

By:
  • Julia Hinckley, JD
January 29, 2026

Blog Post

Venture Philanthropy Transformed Cystic Fibrosis. Can It Deliver for Other Diseases?

CF Foundation’s Landmark Drug Approvals With Vertex Inspired Patient Groups to Act Like Biotech Investors. But Only a Few Groups Have Made Big Bets, LDI Fellow Finds

By:
  • Karl Stark
January 28, 2026
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In Their Own Words

Health Equity

Meaningful Representation in Clinical Trials Strengthens Science

Failure to Include Diverse Populations Undermines Innovation in the Age of Precision Medicine

By:
  • Yehoda M. Martei, MD, MSCE
January 27, 2026

News

Three Studies by LDI Senior Fellows Win Clinical Research Forum Awards

Chen and Roberts in Top 10, Groeneveld a Top 10 Finalist

By:
  • Hoag Levins
January 26, 2026

News

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
Eric T. Roberts

Policy

Dually Eligible Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries Enrolled in a Chronic Condition Special Needs Plan (C-SNP)

Comment: Delivered to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

By:
  • Eric T. Roberts, PhD
January 21, 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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