Health Care Policy

22-year-old Errol Samuels from Queens, New York, who lost the use of his legs in 2012 after a roof collapsed onto him at an off-campus house party near where he was attending college in upstate New York, walks with a ReWalk electric powered exoskeletal suit during a therapy session with Alexandra Voigt, a clinical research coordinator and therapist, at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City March 26, 2014. Made by the Israeli company Argo Medical Technologies, ReWalk is a computer controlled device that powers the hips and knees to help those with lower limb disabilities and paralysis to walk upright using crutches. Allan Kozlowski, assistant professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai hospital, where patients like Samuels are enrolled in his clinical trials of the ReWalk and another exoskeleton, the Ekso (Ekso Bionics) hopes machines like these will soon offer victims of paralysis new hope for a dramatically improved quality of life and mobility. The ReWalk is currently only approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in rehabilitation facilities like at Mount Sinai, as they weigh whether to approve the device for home use as it already is in Europe. Picture taken March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY HEALTH BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EA3S1RTR01

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Abigail Durak, Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Medical equipment sits in labelled bins inside of the doctor's office of One Medical Group in New York March 17, 2010.

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Abigail Durak, Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Retired engineer and his wife look over documents concerning their investments at their home in Orlando.

America’s aging population could worsen the federal budget problem

Louise Sheiner and Fred Dews

Friday, March 30, 2018

When choosing a doctor, patients prefer online reviews to government ratings

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Discovery Communications Wellness Center Medical Director Liz Sequeira confers with a patient at the clinic in Silver Spring, Maryland December 3, 2009.

Do states regret expanding Medicaid?

Monday, March 26, 2018

Medical equipment is pictured on the wall of an examination room inside a Kaiser Permanente health clinic located inside a Target retail department store in San Diego

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Abigail Durak, Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, March 15, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin during a Department of Veterans Affairs Telehealth event at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1A4FC6A500

Department of Veterans Affairs’ $10 billion electronic health records system faces long odds

Thursday, March 15, 2018

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Is the National Health Protection Scheme good public policy?

Monday, March 12, 2018

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber speaks during a protest against the repeal of the Affordable Care Act outside the Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2017.

What to watch for in the individual health insurance market

Sobin Lee, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, March 8, 2018

What’s ahead for the individual health insurance market?

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EST