This difference-in-differences analysis evaluates the association of the Inflation Reduction Act’s 2024 prescription drug provisions with cost-related medication nonadherence as well as health care–re...

When President Trump announced a $100,000 fee for all new H-1B visa applications, it sent shock waves through the health care system. Here’s the latest.

The American College of Cardiology found uneven gains and sobering declines in heart health. "You can't treat your way out of a prevention problem," an author said.

Florida's Senate Bill 1718 went into effect on July 1, 2023, and introduced a sweeping set of anti-immigration measures (appendix p 1). Among them is a requirement that hospitals collect information a...

This national study evaluates the percentage of US health care professionals sponsored for H-1B visas in fiscal year 2024 across occupation groups and county characteristics.

State-level findings from Georgia may predict nationwide rollout

Objective To understand how health insurance coverage and employment changed among working age adults with low incomes in Georgia, the first state to implement Medicaid expansion with work requirement...

If you’ve followed health insurance earnings lately, you might be experiencing some whiplash. But some lessons about the industry have also emerged.

Study supports other research showing worse outcomes after private equity acquisition

Acquired hospitals may be inappropriately selecting patients and doing more profitable cardiac caths.

This cross-sectional study evaluated the changes in the proportion of US adults who were unaware they had hypertension, diabetes, or a high cholesterol level using 2013 to 2023 data from the National ...

A BIDMC study found that the end of COVID-era SNAP benefits may have resulted in increased food insecurity and deteriorating health for Americans.

This cross-sectional study uses data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine how Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program emergency allotments impacted physical and mental heal...

This cross-sectional study uses data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine how Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program emergency allotments impacted physical and mental heal...

Even as diabetes prevalence held steady over past decade

This cross-sectional study evaluates how cardiovascular hospitalization rates compare in the US and Denmark, including differences by income level.

This cross-sectional study compares global patient measures to determine whether patients experienced a change in care and whether hospital communication, clinical process, and environment changed from before a hospital had been acquired to after it had been acquired by private equity firms.

This cross-sectional study compares global patient measures to determine whether patients experienced a change in care and whether hospital communication, clinical process, and environment changed fro...

This cross-sectional study compares global patient measures to determine whether patients experienced a change in care and whether hospital communication, clinical process, and environment changed fro...

Study supports other research showing worse outcomes after private equity acquisition

Private equity acquisitions of health care facilities have rapidly increased over the past decade. However, little is known about the effects of these acquisitions on patient experience. Author Rishi K. Wadhera, MD, MPP, MPhil, of Harvard Medical School discusses this topic with JAMA Associate Editor Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH.