“We bear witness, we organize, and we refuse to look away”: Dr. Chanelle Diaz accepts the 2026 Bernard Lown Award
Watch Dr. Chanelle Diaz's acceptance of the Bernard Lown Award and read excerpts from her speech. More
VIDEO: “The luxury of making decisions without thinking about cost is gone”: Lown Institute president Dr. Vikas Saini’s opening address at LOWN26
"When there’s a basic contradiction between working class income and a winner-take-all casino economy, something’s gotta give." More
VIDEO: Lown Institute president Dr. Vikas Saini presents the 2026 BLASR award to Dr. Chanelle Diaz
In the latest episode “Office Hours with Dr. Saini,” Lown Institute president Vikas Saini answers the question: What are the promises and perils of AI in healthcare?" More
“When we find our voice, when we reclaim our power, we really get back to the heart of medicine.”
A conversation with Chanelle Diaz, MD, MPH, winner of the 2026 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility. More
PRESS RELEASE: Immigrant health champion Chanelle Diaz wins 2026 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility
Chanelle Diaz, MD, MPH, to receive the 2026 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility and $25,000 prize. More
Hot takes from health leaders: Overrated and underrated policy solutions for high healthcare costs
This week's question: What's the most important thing a young clinician can do right now? More
Hot takes from health leaders: What’s the most important thing a young clinician can do right now?
This week's question: What's the most important thing a young clinician can do right now? More
Hot takes from health leaders: What keeps you up at night?
This week's question: What keeps you up at night when you think about where healthcare affordability is headed? More
WATCH: How high-deductible plans are hurting our health
At the latest edition of Lunchtime Paper Presentations, Dr. Justin Barnes, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Mayo Clinic, presented his recent research on the impact of high-deductible health plans on mortality for cancer survivors. More
Hot takes from health leaders: Who needs to fix the affordability crisis?
Introducing Hot Takes from Health Leaders: a biweekly series featuring candid responses from the policymakers, clinicians, hospital executives, researchers, and advocates who will convene at LOWN26: Confronting Healthcare Affordability on May 21st in Cambridge, MA. More
Hot takes from health leaders: Where is healthcare getting it right?
Introducing Hot Takes from Health Leaders: a biweekly series featuring candid responses from the policymakers, clinicians, hospital executives, researchers, and advocates who will convene at LOWN26: Confronting Healthcare Affordability on May 21st in Cambridge, MA. More
Healthcare tops list of expenses Americans are most worried about
Concerns about healthcare costs are beginning to outweigh those of other essentials like housing and food. Where do things go from here? More
What these outstanding doctors did in 2025: A follow-up on our BLASR winners
With healthcare costs reaching a crisis level and trust in medicine eroding rapidly, it's more critical than ever that clinicians fearlessly advocate for the public good. Here's what the exceptional Bernard Lown Award winning physicians accomplished last year. More
2025 Shkreli Awards – Dishonorable Mentions
See the stories that just missed winning a Shkreli Award this year... More
“Only a movement will get us to a better future.”: Dr. Reshma Ramachandran accepts the 2025 Bernard Lown Award
Dr. Reshma Ramachandran received the 2025 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility for her exceptional work promoting equitable access to medicines, mobilizing physicians nationwide to challenge pharmaceutical industry influence, and advancing legislative reforms that prioritize the public’s health over corporate profit. More
Variable charity care rules risk medical debt for patients
"When hospitals fail to make access to assistance easy and predictable, it drives people away from care and erodes trust in our entire system," Saini explained. "Right now, the burden is on patients to navigate a broken system. That has to change." More
The impact of inconsistent financial assistance at hospitals: 3 notes
“This isn’t a case of red states versus blue states, or rural areas versus cities,” Vikas Saini, MD, president of the Lown Institute, said in a June 2 news release from the organization. “We’re seeing massive disparities in charity care policies between hospitals that are practically around the corner from each other. Unfortunately, low- and middle-income patients are the ones who deal with the consequences.” More
PRESS RELEASE: Yale physician Reshma Ramachandran wins 2025 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility
Reshma Ramachandran, MD, MPP, MHS, to receive the 2025 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility and $25,000 prize. More
Tackling medical debt in America: Insights from experts and advocates
“We’re all here because this issue is a moral stain on the fabric of the country… We’re also here because if we want to fix this, we can," Dr. Vikas Saini told the crowd at the 2025 Lown conference on Medical Debt in America. More
Dr. Reshma Ramachandran, winner of the 2025 Bernard Lown Award!
Meet Dr. Reshma Ramachandran, the winner of the 2025 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility! More