Analysis: Access To Health Care Beginning To Look Like Airline Travel

Medicare Advantage enrollment has increased in the US and Puerto Rico, with a dramatic growth among Puerto Rico beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease.

David Muhlestein, PhD, breaks down ghost rates, data gaps, and why stronger oversight is needed to make Transparency in Coverage files usable for patients.

The postpandemic reinstatement of Medicare’s 3-day rule lengthened hospital stays without affecting SNF use, spending, or short-term outcomes, raising questions about its value.

Sachin H. Jain, MD, MBA, discusses 2026 health care predictions, including AI adoption, GLP-1 demand, MAHA growth, DEI’s return, and policy shifts.

Increasing Medicare Advantage payments for full Medicaid enrollees was not associated with meaningful changes in inpatient or nursing home use.

A spending bill advancing PBM reforms aims to delink Medicare Part D compensation from drug rebates and improve pricing transparency.