Center on Health Equity & Access

Given trends in cost and use, insulin out-of-pocket cost reduction policies would be more efficient if they targeted members in high-deductible health plans with savings options and low-income patients.

A significant number of patients with cancer, caregivers, and health care professionals face significant disparities in legal issues, with the most common needs revolving around health insurance, finances, employment, and disability insurance.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits may slow cognitive decline in older adults, highlighting the importance of food assistance in combating Alzheimer disease and dementia risks.

Individuals with mental illness in America continue to face socioeconomic barriers when it comes to accessing necessary care and treatment.

Following the FDA approval of linvoseltamab (Lynozyfic; Regeneron) for heavily pretreated multiple myeloma, Sundar Jagannath, MBBS, highlights its potential for earlier use, increased accessibility, and greater competition in the B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) bispecific antibody space.

US ovarian cancer mortality declined from 1999 to 2020, but significant disparities remain among older women, non-Hispanic White women, and those living in rural areas, as well as in the Northeastern and Midwestern regions, according to Muhammad Faizan, MBBS.

The newly FDA-approved linvoseltamab (Lynozyfic; Regeneron) may improve access to multiple myeloma treatment by offering an off-the-shelf, outpatient option that can be administered in community settings, according to Sundar Jagannath, MBBS.

Improving health literacy is essential for promoting health equity, reducing preventable illness, and making health care more effective.

This global study found rising rates of pediatric hypertension, highlighting obesity's impact and the need for improved monitoring and prevention strategies.

Social risk factors significantly increase the likelihood of developing long COVID, highlighting the urgent need for equitable health care and support systems.

Michael McGuire, PharmD, reviewed Mental Health America’s recent publication on the current state of mental health in America and addressed socioeconomic barriers in access to care.

Ayodeji Adegunsoye, MD, PhD, MSc, highlights how the underrepresentation of minority populations in pulmonary fibrosis genetic studies hinders accurate disease risk prediction and broader clinical translation.

Disparities in access to quality treatment and lack of equitable and inclusive data in breast cancer research contribute to poorer survival outcomes for Black women with breast cancer.

At the Society for Pediatric Dermatology Annual Meeting, Sarah Coates, MD, FAAD, highlights how social drivers shape pediatric skin health and how clinicians can respond.

World Hepatitis Day 2025 and its theme, “Hepatitis: Let’s Break It Down,” emphasize the urgent need to remove barriers to prevention, testing, and treatment to reduce liver cancer and eliminate hepatitis by 2030.

As we prepare for a future with more caregivers and more complex patient needs, let’s commit to valuing the care that happens outside hospitals just as much as the care within them.

At the 6-month anniversary of the inauguration in January, The American Journal of Managed Care® looks back at the changes made by the Trump administration that could have lasting effects in health care.

This Managed Care Cast episode explores how high costs and inconsistent insurance coverage for incretin mimetics impact obesity management and patient care.

A digital asthma self-management program enhanced symptom control; however, it revealed racial disparities in engagement, highlighting the need for culturally tailored interventions.

Researchers found no significant differences in surgical outcomes or follow-up between housed and unhoused patients with osteoarthritis undergoing total joint arthroplasty, suggesting the procedure is safe and effective regardless of housing status.

Mental health, care of acute and chronic conditions, primary care access and prevention, and maternal and perinatal health were identified as key focus areas among a majority of states.

There is a great need to streamline the process from the tissue sample to the diagnostic lab, whether it's genomic or immunohistochemistry, Robert Kratzke, MD, says.

Social determinants of health significantly increased mortality risks in patients with congestive heart failure, highlighting urgent care needs.

HIV care and its related outcomes in South Carolina were defined by racial disparities, specifically in retention in care, despite efforts to end the HIV epidemic.

These interviews are the top episodes, by listens, from among the 21 podcast episodes The American Journal of Managed Care® produced over the first half of 2025. Give them all another listen, and perhaps learn something new.