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A Health Podyssey
Podcast: What Drives Administrative Costs in U.S. Health Insurance?
Rob Lott of Health Affairs Publishing interviews Dr. Jason Buxbaum to discuss new evidence on administrative spending in U.S. health insurance and the factors driving its substantial variation across states and markets.
Washington Post Intelligence
What to watch as hospital CEOs face the Hill
By Megan R. Wilson
The findings of the working paper offer a behind-the-scenes look at what can happen as major health insurers expand into owning and operating physician practices.
By Tara Bannow
By Maia Anderson
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn
The growing role of private equity in healthcare
The growing role of private equity in healthcare
Podcast ft. Yashaswini Singh
By Mikaela Lefrak, Jon Ehrens
By Mikaela Lefrak, Jon Ehrens
Part of the Axios Vitals Newsletter Maya Goldman, Tina Reed, and Peter Sullivan
by Cheryl Clark
Spotlight Delaware
As Delaware debates primary care reform, a similar Oregon law offers insight
by Nick Stonesifer
Health Affairs This Week
Podcast: 2027 Medicare Advantage Final Payment Rule: Key Changes Explained | David Meyers
On a special emergency episode, Jeff Byers from Health Affairs Publishing speaks with Brown University’s David Meyers to break down the 2027 Medicare Advantage final payment rule—covering the larger-than-expected rate increase, updates to risk adjustment, what V28 entails, and the balance between maintaining market stability and ensuring long-term program sustainability.
Healthcare Authority
The Uncertain Impact Of Medicare Advantage Scrutiny
By Yeji Jesse Lee
By Caitlin Owens
Read the quoted study: Arnold DR, Reddy M, Cantor J, et al. Private Equity in Autism Services. JAMA Pediatr. 2026;180(3):341-343. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.5443
News from SPH
Jada Owens: Pivot to policy
After witnessing stark racial disparities in Alzheimer’s care, Jada Owens pivoted from medicine to policy. The Brown Health Equity Scholar is headed to D.C. for a one-year Winston Fellowship to help shape the future of U.S. health care.
By Ken Alltucker
The Minnesota Star Tribune
Will the Allina-Sutter Health deal drive up the cost of health care in Minnesota?
By Christopher Snowbeck
By Maya Goldman
By Sarah Mueller
By Angelica Serrano-Roman
But are price controls the answer?
By Rowan Moore Gerety
NC Health News
A new perk for state workers: free surgery
by Michelle Crouch and Charlotte Ledger
By Cindy Krischer Goodman
Washington Post Intelligence
After PBMs, lawmakers start to scrutinize wholesale drug distributors
Analysis by Rebecca Adams
By Michelle Marchante and Amanda Rosa
The Providence Journal
RI's health care problems: 3 takeaways from Brown’s health care summit
By Jonny Williams
By Corrie Pikul
By Fred Schulte
By Katie Palmer
By Bob Herman
By Ganny Belloni
U.S. Right to Know
When profit kills: How private equity is eroding health care
by Pamela Ferdinand
A Health Podyssey
Podcast: How Oregon’s Hospital Payment Cap Brought Stability Amid Change
Featuring Roslyn Murray. Video recording can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSpewnFxlmA&list=PLIOPYzSfs3z5G7yjt1UWy5cynn2I-zsdz&index=1
The New York Times
‘Like a Timeshare’: Doctors Get Creative as Rents Climb
By Jane Margolies
The Boston Globe
Should Rhode Island save its failing hospitals?
By Andrew Ryan and Emily Shearer
By Selena Simmons-Duffin
A new study from researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health highlights a push from private equity investors into autism therapy centers across the nation.
By HealthDay
by Shaanth Nanguneri
By Casey Ross and Tara Bannow
The Oregonian/OregonLive
Oregon’s first-in-nation hospital price cap hasn’t hurt care, finances so far, study finds
By Kristine de Leon
An Arm and a Leg
Some more things that didn’t suck in 2025
"New state laws tackle the burden of medical debt and the corporate take-over of medicine."
by Kimberly Marselas
The Economist
How to lower America’s soaring health-care costs
Meaningful opportunities to reduce U.S. health-care costs already exist but are often overshadowed by the focus on more politically prominent proposals.
Interview by Rob Lott
By Mario Aguilar
The article explains how growing consolidation among insurers, hospitals, and physician groups is driving higher prices and fewer choices for patients, while current antitrust tools struggle to keep up with these increasingly complex mergers.
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