Archived articles

Affordable care act

Medicaid

Published Feb 5, 2018

Expanding Medicaid to cover more low-income parents has spillover effect: more kids get immunizations, checkups

Health care

Published July 24, 2017

Medicaid expansion had no significant effect on Md. emergency department visits, researchers find

Commentary

Published May 22, 2017

Public health expert Josh Sharfstein says legislation as drafted breaks 'core guarantee' / Journal of the American Medical Association

Health Policy

Published Jan 26, 2017

Survey finds that 74% support changes to parts of health care law, but just 15% support total repeal / Hopkins Medicine

Health care spending

Published Sept 21, 2015

Affordable Care Act saps enthusiasm for increased government health care spending, study suggests

Nursing

Published Summer 2014

A new program sends a handyman along with the nurse on home visits to Baltimore's low-income elderly / Johns Hopkins Magazine