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Editor’s Note: This perspective was originally published on Health Affairs Forefront on September 25, 2023. This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider prices in the private-sector markets and their contribution to overall spending therein. Additional articles will be published […]

As a cancer researcher and a health economist, we’ve seen up close through our lab and consulting work the revolution contained in a blood draw. But cancer detection blood tests aren’t built into annual physicals like standard blood tests, and so far they aren’t covered by insurance.

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jack Chapel, a PhD candidate in economics at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, about a new study examining the worsening health and economic trends for Americans with modest resources nearing retirement.

Researchers study the health and economics issues associated with cognitive decline and dementia, and particularly the inequitable burden of Alzheimer’s.

A new study from the USC Schaeffer Center and Harvard University is the first to examine the “revolving door” in health care.

Since 2012, the Schaeffer Center has received $6.1 million in funding from the NIH to fund pilot projects by junior scholars focused on addressing disparities. This year we are seeking junior scientists concentrating on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in minority populations.

Medicare released the list of the first 10 drugs subject to price negotiations under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), aiming to reduce drug costs for Medicare enrollees and taxpayers.

Eleven Schaeffer fellows cosigned a comment letter to Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services providing recommendations on the proposed Coverage with Evidence Development Guidance.

‘Forgotten middle’ Americans face poorer health, worse economic outcomes and lower homeownership rates, along with increased disability in old age.