Unpacking Massachusetts’ Steward health system crisis
The potential financial collapse of Steward Health Care, which owns nine hospitals in Massachusetts, is a crisis—but it could also provide an opportunity, according to health policy expert John McDonough, to make the state’s overall health care system…
Who’s least supportive of expanding Medicare? Current beneficiaries.
People currently on Medicare are some of the least supportive of proposals to expand the program, according to a new study.
‘I’m going to fix everyone’
Despite his challenging start in rural Jamaica, James Frater, MPH ’24, overcame enormous obstacles to achieve his lifelong goal of becoming a doctor. He then helped others dream big.
Possible Steward hospital closures in Massachusetts prompt concern
As the Steward Health Care system faces a financial crisis that may lead to hospital closures in Massachusetts, experts are weighing in on the problem—and what to do about it.
Small cost increases, administrative burdens may be barriers to health coverage
Health insurance that goes from costing zero to even a few dollars per month can keep low-income individuals from accessing coverage, according to a new study co-authored by Harvard Chan School’s Adrianna McIntyre.
Maternity ward closures exacerbating health disparities
Obstetric units are closing at a growing number of hospitals across the U.S. As a result, many patients are being forced to travel farther to give birth and receive prenatal and postpartum care.
Improved primary care system in Costa Rica linked with reduction in death rate
In areas where Costa Rica opened primary care health centers offering improved and expanded care, the mortality rate fell by 13% over a nine-year period, according to a new study.
Takemi Program celebrates 40 years with symposium on digital health
More than 90 current and former fellows from the Takemi Program in International Health converged at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in October for a two-day celebration marking the program’s 40th anniversary.
Study finds threat to care coordination for people eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid
Some managed care plans are set up to help coordinate health care for people who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, but "look-alike" plans that aren't obligated to provide such coordination may lead to poorer quality of…
The problem with Medicaid ‘unwinding’
As of late June, more than 1.5 million enrollees in Medicaid—the program that provides health insurance to low-income Americans—have been disenrolled from the program, due to a change in federal policy that went into effect April 1. Harvard…