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On The Dose podcast, Doctor Mike argues the medical community needs to be present on the social web, to translate knowledge for the people seeking it.

This issue of Transforming Care looks at how employees of health care systems are working to make AI useful while also mitigating the risk of harm to patients.

On The Dose podcast, Dr. Kaytura Felix, founder of Black Birthing Futures, talks about the Black community midwives already transforming maternal care.

On The Dose podcast, Jared Walker talks about his nonprofit, Dollar For, which has helped Americans erase more than $100 million in medical debt.

On The Dose podcast, pediatrician, researcher, and tech optimist Dr. Ivor Horn talks about what responsible AI innovation in health care requires.

On The Dose podcast, Lupita Nyong’o talks about uterine fibroids and why they remain under-researched and their symptoms routinely dismissed.

Federal policy changes that decrease risk pooling will lead to higher insurance premiums for less-healthy populations and greater numbers of uninsured Americans.

Models that provide hybrid payments to primary care practices without adding financial risk are effective at supporting the essential features of primary care.

As enrollment in ACA-compliant coverage becomes more challenging, insurance products and arrangements that do not meet ACA standards will become more prevalent.

A scholarship program that trains people from rural communities is expected to lower access and affordability barriers faced by rural residents across the U.S.

The Biden administration said it would provide protections for transgender people against discrimination in health care, reversing a Trump administration policy.

Since 2019, Medicare Advantage plans have had flexibility to address unmet needs by targeting benefits and offering “primarily health-related” benefits.

Since 2019, Medicare Advantage plans have been allowed to offer an array of “primarily health-related” services, ranging from nutrition and wellness to in-home support services. Thomas Kornfield and colleagues discuss their new research on the availability of these expanded benefits.

Laura Shields-Zeeman and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, discuss lessons from efforts in other countries to generate social connections and reduce loneliness.

The Biden-Harris administration has an opportunity to mount an effective pandemic response and build its health care agenda. With so many interrelated crises looming, it is imperative that the administration develop a plan quickly and prioritize which steps to take immediately and which can be handled in the near future.

COVID-19 has exposed and intensified long-standing problems in our country, including deep cracks in the U.S. health system and racial and economic injustice As the Biden administration mounts its response to these interrelated crises, there is an opportunity and imperative to rethink the approach of federal leadership in creating a healthier America.

Writing in Harvard Business Review, David Blumenthal, M.D., comments on the recent decision by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase to close Haven.

As the year begins, we offer our predictions and prescriptions for health care in 2021. Many of these reflect recommendations made by the Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Payment and Delivery System Reform.