Insights & Commentary

Why are health care costs rising so fast? I put that question to my Rutgers University graduate students in the first session of their health policy course each year. Read More...

The COVID-19 recession led to an historic spike in unemployment. Joblessness following pandemic shutdowns peaked near 15%, the highest rate since 1948 when modern unemployment rate tracking began. Read More...

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to enactment of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act in March 2020. The law ends in 2023, precipitating a great unwinding of Medicaid enrollments. Read More...

Although health care licensing is traditionally a state function, rigid state borders can be ill-suited to meet needs in terms of access to care for underserved populations, emergency preparedness, and the changing nature of telemedicine-based care delivery. Read More...

The state of New Jersey adopted emergency rules to permit providers from out of state to care for people in New Jersey. This had many implications. Read More...

Ann M. Nguyen, an assistant research professor and scientist at the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy and Nathan Stewart, a research coordinator at the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, say API providers have been working in the high-stress, highly variable COVID environment with the added fear and trauma of anti-Asian hate. Read More...