1+ hour, 12+ min ago  (155+ words) Improving Care for Older Adults Using a series of charts and graphs, he argued that the country faces a serious long-term fiscal imbalance that neither economic growth nor taxing wealthy Americans alone can fix, leaving major policy changes as the…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (328+ words) Penn LDI Decoding the Moment: Can the No Surprises Act Be Fixed? A Conversation with Benjamin Chartock, Ph D, Zack Cooper, Ph D, and Lindsey Murtagh, JD, MPH, moderated by Dan Gorenstein Congress passed the incredibly popular No Surprises Act…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (934+ words) In July 2025, in a sharp turn from two decades of housing policy, the White House released Executive Order 14321, which intends to deal with the homeless crisis by promoting involuntary treatment of mental illness and substance use disorder, and criminalizing unsheltered…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (265+ words) In opening the program, moderator and LDI Executive Director Rachel M. Werner, MD, Ph D, cited Congressional Budget Office projections that $1 trillion in Medicaid funding cuts would result in 7 million people losing Medicaid coverage. Panelist Bruce D. Greenstein, Secretary of the Louisiana…...

1+ mon, 1+ hour ago  (134+ words) Incarceration is large-scale social determinant of health with broad and enduring dynamics that harm individuals, families, and communities...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (374+ words) People Miss Out on Housing, Utility Payments, and Tax Credits. They Also Need Better Links to Primary Care, LDI Studies Find Why the Main Tax Credit For Low-Wage Workers Needs an Update Pa. s New Bipartisan Tax Credit is Designed…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (469+ words) Hospitals and Physician Groups Can Also Benefit From Those Payments, as Medicare Launches a New Model for Episodic Care From AI-Powered Public Health Messaging to Stark Divides in Child Wellness and Medicaid Access, LDI Experts Highlight Urgent Problems and Compelling…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1840+ words) At Penn LDI's March 2026 convening at Penn Washington, leading experts Brian Blase, Zeke Emanuel, Michael Anne Kyle, Aaron Schwartz, Zack Cooper, and Leemore Dafny found notable consensus on the drivers of health care costs, and some potential paths forward. Below…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago  (585+ words) Changing the Health Care Reimbursement Model Could Improve Quality and Lower Costs CMS's Main Risk Adjustment Method Underestimates Rural Patients' Health Risks, LDI Fellows Show, Potentially Reducing Access to Care in the Heartland Penn LDI Virtual Seminar Focuses Top Experts…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1090+ words) Health Care Payment and Financing In a rare display of bipartisan alignment, former Obama administration advisor Ezekiel Emanuel and Trump policy architect Brian Blase declared that the U. S. health care system is being choked by "perverse incentives" and monopolistic practices. Blase,…...