Center on Health Equity & Access

Food insecurity is associated with a lower rate of annual visits but a higher share of telehealth visits for primary and preventive care.

Findings from SABCS genetic differences between Latin American and non-Hispanic White women with breast cancer and h

Telemedicine use in rural areas was associated with a higher likelihood of utilizing preventive services.

The CDC announced a significant change to the childhood immunization schedule that would reduce vaccine recommendations.

Economic stability and social factors significantly influence the risk of pediatric long COVID, highlighting the need for targeted health interventions.

ASCO GU 2025 had groundbreaking advancements in genitourinary cancer treatments, focusing on prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma, and health equity.

New treatments, care gaps, and cardiac monitoring were major focuses in cardiovascular news this year.

Our top 5 obesity articles of 2025 highlight GLP-1 prescribing trends, insurance coverage, co-pay caps, real-world use, and access challenges.

Explore the evolving landscape of drug pricing, reproductive rights, and health policy in 2025, featuring insights on SC pembrolizumab and RFK Jr's hearings.

The most-viewed content focused on the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the Most Favored Nation drug policy, and other changes under the Trump administration.

ASH 2025 highlighted innovative cancer treatments, including in vivo CAR T therapy and options that enhance quality of life while reducing burdens.

Patients with generalized myasthenia gravis face significant barriers to diagnosis, creating the need for improved patient–health care interactions.

From oncology to cardiology, Institute for Value-Based Medicine® conversations highlighted the ways value-based care is reshaping access, equity, and outcomes.

Our top 5 heart failure content of 2025 include FDA approvals, GDMT optimization, risk markers like LBBB and SDOH, and value-based care models improving outcomes in heart failure.

Angela Liu, PhD, MPH, speaks about her study that examined mental health care use by Medicare beneficiaries before and after switching from MA to TM.

Heart failure deaths increasingly occur at home or in hospice, but racial, sex, and regional disparities persist in end-of-life care.

Martha Gulati, MD, explains how bias and underrepresentation in research lead to misdiagnosis of HFpEF in women and delays in care.

Trump secures new pricing deals with 9 drugmakers, advancing his effort to align US drug costs with Europe and expand direct-to-consumer purchasing.

Limiting health-related social needs screening to lower-income areas would reduce screening burdens; however, this study found a 2-stage screening approach based on geography to be suboptimal.

Reflect on the challenges in health equity, care access, and policy shifts impacting health insurance and clinical research in 2025.

A new study finds patients with unmet social needs like housing or transportation face higher ED and inpatient use and that resolving these needs may reduce utilization.

With ACA subsidies expiring, experts warn coverage losses could worsen access to behavioral health care and emergency department strains.

The past year has seen multiple changes in the HIV space that have long-term effects when it comes to ending the epidemic.

The FDA approved trastuzumab deruxtecan plus pertuzumab for first-line HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer after DESTINY-Breast09 showed major PFS gains.

AHA 2025 highlights included new guidelines and targeted approaches advancing heart failure and cardiovascular care.