Hospital Overuse During COVID
How many unnecessary services did hospitals deliver in 2020?
Fair Share Spending
U.S. nonprofit hospitals get billions of dollars in tax breaks – are they earning them?
Racial Inclusivity
Which cities have the most segregated hospitals markets?
Pay Equity
How much should we pay nonprofit hospital CEOs? What are we rewarding them for — and what metrics could we base their salaries on instead?
And the winners are…
Who’s on the list of this year’s ten most egregious examples of profiteering and dysfunction in health care?
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A win for Medicare patients and their wallets
The Inflation Reduction Act allows Medicare to negotiate drug prices and cap insulin costs...but only for Medicare enrollees. More
One million missing: America’s crisis of early death
Despite the fact that the US is the richest country in the world, it's also one of the least healthy. How many deaths could have been avoided if the US had a similar mortality rate as other wealthy countries? More
Hospitals serving more Black patients are at a financial disadvantage, study finds
The most inclusive hospitals for Black Medicare patients get nearly $500 less in patients revenue per day than other hospitals, making it more difficult for these hospitals to improve quality and putting them at risk of closure. More