Patricia Pinckombe is a health care attorney with hands-on clinical experience as a firefighter and paramedic, which informs her perspective on healthcare policy and patient access.

In part 1 of this article below, we discuss the history of and legal issues regarding the interstate sale of insurance and ...

The OBBBA will substantially increase volatility in Medicaid Managed Care by increasing churn, generating pent-up demand, and ...

In late 2025, our relationship with Project HOPE entered a new phase. Health Affairs became Health Affairs Publishing, LLC, a single-member limited liability company wholly owned by Project HOPE.

Steven Joffe, MD, MPH, is a pediatric oncologist and bioethicist. He chairs the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, where he ...

Fenaba R. Addo is associate professor of public policy, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, Carolina Population Center Fellow, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Health systems must align policies and practices with robust clinical evidence that demonstrates gender-affirming hormone ...

Mir M. Ali, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Ashley C. Bradford ([email protected]), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. Johanna ...