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Billions needed to prepare for global health crises, says panel
February 2, 2016 — In the wake of the devastating Ebola epidemic of 2014-15 in West Africa, which killed more than 11,000 people and cost about $2.2 billion, an international commission has outlined an ambitious agenda—at an annual cost…
High-deductible health plans don’t boost price shopping
Consumers with high-deductible health plans do not appear to be more motivated to shop around for less expensive, higher quality medical care than those with lower-deductible plans, according to a study by Anna Sinaiko, research scientist in the…
Progress, challenges in Chilean health system
While Chile has had a publicly funded national health system since the 1950s, private insurance was introduced in the 1980s—and, since then, the mix of public and private insurance has led to mixed results, according to a January…
Medicare drug price negotiations easier said than done
The idea that Medicare (the federal health insurance program for older and disabled Americans) should be able to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies is popular with the public — a recent poll by Harvard T.H. Chan School…
Traditional Medicaid expansion and ‘private option’ both improve access to health care
For immediate release: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Boston, MA – Two different approaches used by states to expand Medicaid coverage for low-income adults— traditional expansion and the “private option”—appear to be similarly successful in reducing numbers of the…
Can volunteering lead to better health?
January 5, 2016 — Eric Kim, a research fellow in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, recently led the first study to look at a possible link between volunteering…
Where there’s a hospital monopoly, private health care costs more
A new study has found that health care costs for those with private insurance varies wildly across the U.S.—and that much of the variation has do with how much market power is held by local hospitals. While most…
Poll: Most Americans support government action to keep drug prices down
A new poll by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and STAT finds that most Americans support government action to keep down the prices of brand-name prescription drugs. The poll found broad support across party lines for…
Boston’s suburbanites find more specialized care closer to home
Boston hospitals and national health care firms are investing millions in building medical facilities such as cancer centers and specialty doctor practices in the suburbs so that patients can get treatment closer to home and avoid traveling into…
Widespread male circumcision could prevent more than a million HIV infections
More than a million HIV infections could be prevented over the next 15 years by increasing circumcision of uninfected men in the five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with the worldwide highest HIV prevalence, according to researchers at the…
