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The Yale School of Public Health article “Translating science” explains how researchers at YSPH are actively working with communities and partners to turn scientific evidence into practical public health actions that improve health outcomes in the real world.

Republicans think patients should be shopping for better health care prices. The party has long pushed to give patients money and let consumers do the work of reducing costs.

On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, Yale Professor Zack Cooper testified on Capitol Hill that subsidies for ACA individual marketplace plans should be extended and encouraged Congress to do more to rein in health care spending.

The debate over whether to extend the expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies has consumed lawmakers over the past two months, precipitated a government shutdown and sparked Republican infighting. Unfortunately, it’s the wrong debate.

Zack Cooper, Associate Professor of Public Health and Economics at Yale University, joins CNN's Jessica Dean to talk about the rising cost of health care and health insurance.