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Health Care Policy
Bringing Ukraine to Penn
Bringing Ukraine to Penn
On the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, displaced and visiting scholars and students from Ukraine share their experience at Penn.
Racial differences in access to Medicare plans have health consequences
Racial differences in access to Medicare plans have health consequences
A study by Penn LDI finds that low access to five-star plans is linked to a high rate of preventable hospitalizations.
Tackling the ethical considerations of dementia research
Tackling the ethical considerations of dementia research
Alzheimer’s research poses tricky questions. Bedside-nurse-turned-bioethicist Emily Largent wants to answer them, and to improve the lives of Alzheimer’s patients.
Marci Hamilton works to prevent child sex abuse globally
Marci Hamilton works to prevent child sex abuse globally
A new initiative from Hamilton’s CHILD USA and a survivor-led nonprofit called the Brave Movement will research statutes of limitations for every country in the world and track their findings in a global dashboard.
Ensuring equitable health care for veterans
Ensuring equitable health care for veterans
Peter Groeneveld, a Penn physician and director of the Veterans Affairs Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, discusses why this work is so crucial right now and how the VA has evolved in the past three decades.
Thinking ‘beyond the hospital’ for Black men recovering from traumatic injury
Thinking ‘beyond the hospital’ for Black men recovering from traumatic injury
Research from Penn Nursing and Penn Medicine found that where these patients live and return post-hospitalization affects whether they’ll experience symptoms of depression or PTSD as they heal.
Survey: Broad bipartisan support for abortion exceptions
Survey: Broad bipartisan support for abortion exceptions
The survey by Penn’s Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies/SurveyMonkey also shows 80% of American adults say abortion will be important to their vote on Nov. 8.
In sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, young children dying at greater-than-expected rates
In sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, young children dying at greater-than-expected rates
The findings, derived from a new model created by researchers at Penn and elsewhere, point to the need for specific and specifically timed interventions aimed at this vulnerable, under-5 population.
Understanding the Inflation Reduction Act
Understanding the Inflation Reduction Act
Penn experts explain the climate, health care, and economic aspects of the legislation that President Biden signed into law this week, plus the politics of getting it passed.
Reimagining the corner store to promote food justice
Reimagining the corner store to promote food justice
With a 2022 President’s Sustainability Prize, Eli Moraru and Alexandre Imbot will take raw ingredients payable with EBT and turn them into hot, heathy meals while providing nutritional education resources.
In the News
The Hill
Republicans’ ‘Charlie Brown’ budget problem
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel says that the Affordable Health Care Act is too woven into the system for Republicans to dismantle.
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The Washington Post
Your therapist is on TikTok. Will your therapy session end up there too?
Dominic Sisti of the Perelman School of Medicine says that physicians who have their patients sign off to be TikTok content should consider leaving medicine to become social media influencers.
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Montana hospital merger could bring more services, higher costs
Atul Gupta of the Wharton School says that long-distance hospital mergers often lead to price increases.
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CNN
If you think your health is a private matter, see what's happening to your data
Matthew McCoy of the Perelman School of Medicine says that consumers are leaving “digital dust” of health information exposed online through searches and health-related purchases.
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Verywell Health
Who will benefit from Eli Lilly’s insulin price cuts?
Mark Pauly of the Wharton School says that people who opt for more recent insulin medications may not see the benefit of price cuts.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philly area nurses find work, purpose outside hospitals post-COVID
A study by Matthew D. McHugh of the School of Nursing found that the pandemic largely erased tolerance and levels of loyalty to specific employers among nurses.
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