Public Policy Institute

This Spotlight explores how plans develop pharmacy networks, what the shift to preferred pharmacy networks means for older adults’ cost sharing, whether current standards of network accountability are sufficient, and steps that policymakers can take to ensure that pharmacy networks continue to work for older adults.

In this Insight, we broadly explore the issue of high health care costs, examine the impact on midlife adults with private coverage—including those with employer-sponsored and nongroup (individual) health insurance—and consider key solutions to begin addressing the cost burden on this population.

This paper discusses the Medicaid redetermination process, explores national and state estimates on disenrollments from NORC’s analysis, and examines policy implications for upcoming Medicaid enrollment.

Rising drug prices have placed increased pressure on Medicare Part D, and the resulting cost-sharing burdens have caused millions of older adults to engage in cost-coping strategies, such as not filling a prescription or skipping doses to save money.  

This paper provides a comprehensive blueprint for the development of a robust national aging plan to foster the well-being, quality of life, and dignity of older Americans now and for future generations. Importantly, aging itself is not a challenge; being unprepared for aging is.

This Fact Sheet describes selected characteristics of households with adults ages 50 and older as well as individuals ages 50 and older who participated in SNAP in FY 2022 and the benefits they received.