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No clear route for price transparency in health care
A June 3, 2018 article in Managed Care discussed efforts to improve health care cost transparency from providers and payers, including a push by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to have hospitals publicize their standard charges…
What to do about high U.S. healthcare costs
Healthcare costs take up roughly 17.8% of the U.S. economy every year—much more than what other high-income countries spend. But there are some ways to reduce those costs, according to health policy expert Ashish Jha. A recent Harvard…
Health insurance coverage trends during Trump Administration assessed
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers published an analysis of how health insurance coverage has changed under the Trump Administration in the March 15, 2018 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The authors, Benjamin…
Poll: Americans’ views conflicted on curbing drug prices
March 20, 2018 – A new poll from POLITICO and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shows that most Americans—Republicans and Democrats alike—want the government to rein in drug prices, but that public support drops when respondents…
Alumnus Eric Feigl-Ding running for Congress
Eric Feigl-Ding, SD ’07, has announced his bid for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Pennsylvania’s 10th district. He is a former research scientist in Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Department of Nutrition and the…
Prices of labor, prices of pharmaceuticals, and administrative costs are the key drivers of high U.S. healthcare spending
For immediate release: March 13, 2018 Boston, MA – The major drivers of high healthcare costs in the U.S. appear to be higher prices for nearly everything—from physician and hospital services to diagnostic tests to pharmaceuticals—and administrative complexity.…
Poverty, socioeconomic disparities impact health outcomes
Those charged with improving healthcare quality must not overlook the potential impact of poverty and socioeconomic disparities on health outcomes of individuals, according to an editorial published online March 6, 2018 in BMJ Quality and Safety. The article…
Three corporations team up with an aim to reduce employee health costs
Ashish Jha, K.T. Li Professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and director, Harvard Global Health Institute, was interviewed January 31, 2018 on NBC’s Today Show about plans announced by three of the nation’s largest corporations…
For world’s poorest, vaccines prevent both deaths and medical impoverishment
For immediate release: February 5, 2018 Boston, MA – Vaccines have enormous impact not just on health, but on keeping people out of poverty, according to a new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
Medicaid expansion linked with better, more timely surgical care
For immediate release: January 24, 2018 Boston, MA – The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion was linked to better access to surgery and higher quality surgical care, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
