No federal or state-funded program has a more profound impact on children than Medicaid. Covering nearly 40 percent of all ...

While some states have updated their essential health benefits benchmark plans, it is ultimately the federal government’s ...

Community health centers (CHCs) are providing high-quality, comprehensive primary care to more patients than ever. In 2023, ...

Regulations are a fundamental part of health policy. Congress legislates in broad terms and agencies fill in technical details on myriad issues, from how Medicaid eligibility is determined to how ...

J.D. Candidate at The George Washington University Law School Huba Zaman is a student at The George Washington University Law School and works as a legal research assistant at GWU’s Milken Institute ...

With far more people dying of gun-related causes annually in the United States than in other high-income countries, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., officially declared firearm violence a ...

Michael Karpman, M.P.P., is a principal research associate in the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute. His work focuses on the implications of the Affordable Care Act, including quantitative ...

Fredric Blavin, Ph.D., is a principal research associate in the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute. He has expertise in a wide range of topics, including private health insurance markets, ...