What We're Reading: Taxpayers Cover 70% of California's Healthcare Costs

While citing overwhelming barriers patients in rural areas face when accessing care, providers noted the potential of telehealth to improve access in a survey.

A quick roundup episode of major health policy developments, from shifting COVID-19 vaccine guidance and scientific publishing controversies to rising cancer care costs and the impact of oncology biosimilars.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the package would add $2.4 trillion to the national deficit over a decade and leave 10.9 million more Americans without health insurance.

Lindsey Leininger, PhD, and Allister Chang, MPA, highlight the potential of laundromats as accessible, community-based settings to support Medicaid outreach, foster trust, and connect families with essential health and social services.

The 2025 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress, convening virtually and in Milan, Italy, from June 12 to June 15, 2025, will feature a revamped program structure for the meeting’s 30th anniversary while maintaining ample opportunities to network, debate, and absorb practice-changing findings in hematology and oncology.

A score was developed to measure patient risk from payer utilization management policies and its relationship to real-world US commercial payer utilization management policies.