Each year, the Lown Institute gives out the Shkreli Awards, named for disgraced and imprisoned "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli. The awards go to the perpetrators of the most egregious examples of dysfunction and profiteering in healthcare....

It's clearly, provably better for patients to have Medicaid coverage than to be uninsured, despite what critics of the program claim. Recently, bills in the Senate and the House of Representatives have sought to greatly reduce Medicaid...

As employer-sponsored insurance becomes more expensive for children, public programs are picking up the slack. This is Healthcare Triage News.

Alcohol regulations work better than expected, ACA exchanges might not. This is Healthcare Triage News.

The Republican plan to replace Obamacare is here, and we've got the details!

The Trump administration has released Medicaid report cards, which allow citizens and health care journalists to look at the results of Medicaid, state by state. The good news: our beloved Indiana is doing OK! The bad news, there's a lot...

There's a lot going on this week, and also a lot that's NOT happening. The ACA's health insurance exchanges are wrapping up the open enrollment window this week. If you need insurance, or want to shop around GO NOW and look for...

We missed a birthday for Healthcare Triage! On October 1, we turned two years old.

I have written before about the use of premiums in Medicaid programs across the United States. But a new study in Pediatrics collects the evidence, and it's worth a look. "Medicaid and CHIP Premiums and Access to Care: A Systematic...

Medicaid doesn't cover dentistry. But dental health affects many different aspects of a person's life. Bad teeth can cause social difficulty, and make it hard to find employment, aside from the fact that an unhealthy mouth can lead to or...

Health economists study the economic determinants of health. They also analyze how health care resources are utilized and allocated, and how health care policies and quality of care can be improved. In this episode, we discuss what...

Budget authorization for the Children's Health Insurance Program in the US ran out a couple of months ago, and there's no reauthorization in sight. A LOT of kids are insured through this program. Aaron runs you through what's about to...

The idea that spending more on preventive care will reduce overall health care spending is widely believed and often promoted as a reason to support reform. Unfortunately, that doesn't pan out in real life.

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Just over a year ago, Healthcare Triage's first video was on the opening of the exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act, and what people in the US should do about that. It's a year later, and we thought you might enjoy an update.

Soaring addiction and overdose death rates have spurred calls for a comprehensive prevention and treatment response. Yet too few people are getting care that works. What would a better system look like, and what are insurers willing to...

I know you all read my recent NEJM study (and the AcademyHealth blog post I wrote about it). If you didn't, though, it's also the topic of this week's Healthcare Triage News!

Recently, Ron Johnson (R) of Wisconsin launched an investigation into whether the Medicaid expansion that was part of Obamacare caused America's opioid crisis. Healthcare Triage has looked at the evidence, and we think it's a dubious claim.

Now that we’ve set the ground rules, and the five main questions to consider, let’s look at the various plans. At the time we taped this episode (in mid February), there were ten that we could get full answers for. How they break down is...

There have been a lot of innovations in Medicare over the last decade or so, with the intent of improving the program's value. There have been some successes, but there is still a lot to be done.

While Obamacare is has been under legislative threat all year, it's still the law of the land, which means the exchanges are open for business for 2018. So if you don't get insurance through your employer or Medicare or the VA, you...

Although the ACA has significantly reduced the percent of Americans who are uninsured, we have not yet come close to universal coverage. This has become a topic of focused debate among Democratic primary candidates. Short of achieving...

This week, Seema Verma announced that the administration would not approve several requests by states to place lifetime limits on Medicaid benefits. How about that? The CMS doesn't do much to protect benefits these days, but this is a...

Planned Parenthood and abortion funding, a civil debate around the issue. A look at the Planned Parenthood debate. Should Congress cut off Medicaid and Title X funding to Planned Parenthood? A short history of Planned Parenthood and a...