In this week's issue of The WellNest Watch, public health columnist Ebrima Jobarteh discusses how racism impacts public health.

Immigrant children face higher odds of forgone medical care and subspecialty referral difficulties compared to US-born children. Federal policy changes under H.R. 1 may further restrict healthcare ...

Although you probably didn’t notice it, in the waning days of the Biden administration, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took a meaningful step in advancing competition in health care ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads,” produced with the support of the Commonwealth Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Major rifts over key health care issues are at the heart of the federal government shutdown that began at the stroke of midnight on Oct. 1, 2025. This is not the first time political arguments over ...

In this Q&A, John Barkett, managing director in BRG’s Healthcare Transactions and Strategy practice and former senior policy ...

As the threat of a shutdown loomed this week, Republican leaders united behind a message: They weren’t going to cut a deal that would let Democrats provide health care to undocumented immigrants. This ...