This op-ed was posted on August 13, 2025 by Philadelphia Citizen. The legalization of recreational marijuana remains unapproved in Pennsylvania even as various leaders up to the Governor circulate…| Penn LDI
Safety net hospital funding from federal, state, and local governments relies on definitions that yield highly variable results.| Penn LDI
A Penn Medicine program to train an inaugural cohort of teens to green their neighborhoods completed a month-long curriculum in late July.| Penn LDI
Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios save lives, reduce burnout, and cut costs. New Penn Nursing brief urges policymakers to adopt enforceable staffing standards.| Penn LDI
LDI Senior Fellow Ingrid Nembhard and her team made five recommendations to improve patient surveys in a JAMA Health Forum viewpoint published on May 30.| Penn LDI
Trump’s Medicaid cuts hurt millions. Ezekiel Emanuel proposes a 7-point plan to streamline coverage, reduce waste, and expand access nationwide.| Penn LDI
Zeke Emanuel & colleagues evaluated national data from the only public source, Medicare Cost Reports, and found significant shortcomings in the information.| Penn LDI
When a mulithospital system initially buys an independent hospital, efficiency and revenue rise. This is not true when system-owned hospitals get bought.| Penn LDI
Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine,| Penn LDI
Optimizing insurance and access to health care to provide high-quality health care.| Penn LDI
Atul Gupta, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Health Care Management at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.| Penn LDI
Chris Tachibana is a Staff Writer for Penn LDI. She is also Senior Managing Editor of the journal Health Services Research.| Penn LDI
Punitive laws, particularly against people who enter the U.S. at the Mexican border, may lead to poor newborn health.| Penn LDI
The federal government wants 80% of kidney disease patients to get dialysis at home| Penn LDI
