A Health Podyssey

Let us know what you think about Health Affairs podcasts at communications@healthaffairs.org. If you have 30 minutes to spare, let us know and we'll set up a 30-minute chat for the first 20 listeners that reach out. Coffee will be on us.Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Caitlin Carroll of the University of Minnesota to discuss her recent paper that explores how rural hospital closures led to an increase in prices for nearby remaining hospitals.Order the May 2025 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcast

Let us know what you think about Health Affairs podcasts at communications@healthaffairs.org. If you have 30 minutes to spare, let us know and we'll set up a 30-minute chat for the first 20 listeners that reach out. Coffee will be on us.Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Farzad Mostashari, founder & CEO of Aledade and the former National Coordinator for Health IT, to the pod to break down insights in the latest MedPAC report, quality measurement reform, and areas of opportunity for value-based care.Health Affairs is hosting an Insider exclusive event on May 29 focusing on the FDA's first 100 days under the second Trump administration featuring moderator Rachel Sachs alongside panelists Richard Hughes IV and Arti Rai.Related Links:Crossing the Chasm: How to Expand Adoption of Value-Based Care (The New England Journal of Medicine)2025 MedPAC Report

Let us know what you think about Health Affairs podcasts at communications@healthaffairs.org. If you have 30 minutes to spare, let us know and we'll set up a 30-minute chat for the first 20 listeners that reach out. Coffee will be on us.Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Eric Topol, Executive Vice President of Scripps Research, on his new book, Super Agers, which provides an evidence-based approach on extending healthy lifespans.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcast

Let us know what you think about Health Affairs podcasts at communications@healthaffairs.org. If you have 30 minutes to spare, let us know and we'll set up a 30-minute chat for the first 20 listeners that reach out. Coffee will be on us.Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Akilah Wish to the program to discuss the impacts of preserving the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the effects of physical exercise on health, and how this type of data helps inform policy making.We are hosting another live podcast recording of A Health Podyssey featuring host Rob Lott and guest Andrew Ryan where they will discuss his paper in the May 2025 edition of Health Affairs and take questions from a live audience. Sign up today.Health Affairs is hosting an Insider exclusive event on May 29 focusing on the FDA's first 100 days under the second Trump administration featuring moderator Rachel Sachs alongside panelists Richard Hughes IV and Arti Rai.Related Links:CDC's Population Health Office Is Gone (MedPage Today)Adult Physical Inactivity Outside of Work (CDC)Adult Activity: An Overview (CDC)How Exercise Helps You Age Well (NCOA)Establishing The President's Make America Healthy Again Commission (The White House)

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Mary Kathryn Poole of Harvard University to discuss her recent paper that breaks down and compares economic assistance models on food security and diet quality. Order the April 2025 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcast Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Shuyue (Amy) Deng of Tufts University to discuss her recent paper that takes a closer look at the estimated impact of medically tailored meals on health care use and expenditures in the US.Order the April 2025 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcast Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Welcome to the final episode in a special four-part series from Health Affairs on the intersection of food, nutrition, and health. This special series compliments the release of a theme issue on food, nutrition, and health, which is currently available to read.In this episode, Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Ellen Bayer speak with Heather Thomas from the nonprofit A Place to Stand about her Narrative Matters essay from the issue, "A Different Type of Hunger." The essay explores Thomas' experience fighting to access and maintain food benefits in the US as a mother of six whose family is food insecure.Order the Food, Nutrition, and Health Issue. Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Kurt Hager of the University of Massachusetts to discuss his recent paper that explores how Medicaid nutrition supports were associated with reductions in hospitalizations and emergency department visits in Massachusetts through 2020–23. Order the April 2025 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcast Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

In a special podcast episode, Health Affairs Scholar Associate Editor Loren Adler interviews Elizabeth Popp-Berman about the Health and Political Economy series of papers recently published in Health Affairs Scholar. The series asks how might the U.S. build a more just and inclusive political economy for health rather than take the status quo for granted. This paper collection was developed in partnership with the The New School's Health and Political Economy Project (HPEP), a field catalyst initiative advancing a just and inclusive economy for health, and supported by the Commonwealth Fund.Read the Collection:Health and political economy: building a new common sense in the United StatesAdvancing a political economy approach to health using lessons from US antitrust and climate policyReviving public provisioning in US health careThe fundamental importance of social insurance for health equityCentering marginalized care: Home care cooperatives and system change

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Welcome to the third episode in a special four-part series from Health Affairs on the intersection of food, nutrition, and health. This special series compliments the release of a theme issue on food, nutrition, and health to be released this week.In this episode, Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Ellen Bayer discuss the content in the theme issue.Order the Food, Nutrition, and Health Issue. Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Seth Berkowitz of the UNC School of Medicine to discuss his recent paper that explores a new approach to help guide research and policy at the intersection of income, food, nutrition, and health. Order the April 2025 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcast Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Welcome to the second episode in a special four-part series from Health Affairs on the intersection of food, nutrition, and health. This special series compliments the release of a theme issue on food, nutrition, and health to be released April 7, 2025.In this episode, Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander speaks with Diane Schanzenbach from Northwestern University on the topic of food support programs and their impacts on very young children.Pre-order the Food, Nutrition, and Health Issue.Related Links:Food Support Programs and Their Impacts On Very Young Children (Health Policy Brief)SNAP's Short- and Long-Term Benefits (Northwestern Institute for Policy Research)Long-Run Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net (American Economic Association) Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Dr. Meena Seshamani, the incoming Maryland Secretary of Health, to discuss her time as the director of Medicare at the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services and what the future holds in her new role. Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone. Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Welcome to a special four-part series from Health Affairs on the intersection of food, nutrition, and health. This special series compliments the release of a theme issue on food, nutrition, and health to be released April 7, 2025.In the first episode, Health Affairs' Ellen Bayer speaks with Na'Taki Osborne Jelks from Spelman College on the topic of water insecurity.Pre-order the Food, Nutrition, and Health Issue.Related Links:Water Insecurity and Population Health: Implications for Health Equity and Policy (Health Affairs' Health Policy Brief)

On March 12th, A Health Podyssey's Rob Lott invited Yashaswini Singh of Brown University to the program for a virtual podcast taping to discuss her paper on the effect of private equity on physician turnover. The two discussed the paper and took questions from the audience in attendance.Order the March 2025 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Erica Eliason of Rutgers University on her recent paper that explores how continuous eligibility policies and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) structure affected children's coverage loss during Medicaid unwinding. Order the March 2025 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Richard Leuchter from the University of California Los Angeles on his recent paper that explores how socioeconomically disadvantaged groups may have underused emergency departments for non-avoidable visits.Order the March 2025 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Jihye Han of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard University on her recent paper that takes a closer look at the regulatory treatments for first-in-class drugs and how those differ between the US and Europe.Order the March 2025 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Zirui Song of Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital on his recent paper that explores how private equity acquisition impacts hospital costs and utilization and what variations were seen throughout 2005–19. Order the February 2025 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone. Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews J. Michael McWilliams of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital on his recent paper that explores opportunities for the use of patient health survey data for risk adjustment to limit distortionary coding incentives in Medicare. Order the January 2025 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone. Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Jennifer Wolff of John Hopkins University about her recent paper that explores the increasing number of family caregivers that are assisting older US adults, including adults with dementia. Order the February 2025 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone. Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Don Berwick of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement about his paper as part of the Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities for 2025 package that proposes strategies for how health care in the US could be transformed.Order the February 2025 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone. Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Paige Nong of the University of Minnesota about her recent paper that evaluates and explores the current use of artificial intelligence and predictive models in US hospitals.Order the January 2025 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

A Health Podyssey is taking a holiday break. We will return to regular production on January 14, 2025.Until that time, enjoy a special series we created on our other podcast, Health Affairs This Week. In this special series, Rob Lott gets an update on health policy briefs surrounding the release of our theme issue on housing and health, which was released in February of this year.In this episode, Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Michael Lens from the University of California Los Angeles.Order the issue here.Subscribe to Health Affairs This Week.Related Links:Low-Density Zoning, Health, and Health Equity (Health Affairs)Residential Segregation and Health: History, Harms, and Next Steps (Health Affairs)Public Policies to Address Residential Segregation and Improve Health (Health Affairs)

Guest: Philip Alberti, Founding Director, AAMC Center for Health Justice & Senior Director, Health Equity Research & Policy at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Philip Alberti from the AAMC to discuss health outcomes and what it means to achieve health equity across sectors.This season is sponsored by Deloitte.Learn more about Deloitte's work with Drivers of Health or the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.Related Links:  The projected costs and economic impact of mental health inequities in the United States (Deloitte)US health care can't afford health inequities (Deloitte)The $2.8 trillion opportunity: How better health for all can drive US economic growth (Deloitte)Ohio Presents Opportunities For Understanding Hospital Alignment With Public Health Agencies On Community Health Assessments (Health Affairs) To Design Equitable Value-Based Payment Systems, We Must Adjust For Social Risk (Health Affairs) The views and opinions expressed by podcast speakers and guests are solely their own and do not reflect the opinions of Deloitte or its personnel, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse any individuals or entities featured on the episodes.

A Health Podyssey is taking a holiday break. We will return to regular production on January 14, 2025.Until that time, enjoy a special series we created on our other podcast, Health Affairs This Week. In this special series, Rob Lott gets an update on health policy briefs surrounding the release of our theme issue on housing and health, which was released in February of this year.In this episode, Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Ingrid Gould Ellen from the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.Order the issue here.Subscribe to Health Affairs This Week.Related Links:Eviction and Health: A Vicious Cycle Exacerbated by a Pandemic (Health Affairs)Housing Mobility Programs and Health Outcomes (Health Affairs)Gentrification and the Health of Legacy Residents (Health Affairs)

Guest: Andrew Winn, Executive Director, Insight Garden ProgramRhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Andrew Winn from the Insight Garden Program about the relationship between the environment and people in incarcerated spaces and access to nature as a human right.This season is sponsored by Deloitte.Learn more about Deloitte's work with Drivers of Health or the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.Related Links:  Why climate resilience is key to building the health care organization of the future (Deloitte)Health Affairs Health Policy Brief: Prison and Jail Reentry and HealthJail Conditions and Mortality: Death Rates Associated with Turnover, Jail Size, and Population Characteristics (Health Affairs)The views and opinions expressed by podcast speakers and guests are solely their own and do not reflect the opinions of Deloitte or its personnel, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse any individuals or entities featured on the episodes.

A Health Podyssey is taking a holiday break. We will return to regular production on January 14, 2025.Until that time, enjoy a special series we created on our other podcast, Health Affairs This Week. In this special series, Rob Lott gets an update on health policy briefs surrounding the release of our theme issue on housing and health, which was released in February of this year.In this episode, Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Craig Pollack from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.Order the issue here.Subscribe to Health Affairs This Week.Related Links:Using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit to Fill the Rental Housing Gap (Health Affairs)

Guest: Sarah Hemminger, Co-Founder and CEO, ThreadRhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Sarah Hemminger of Thread about social isolation and wellbeing, particularly for young people. They discuss innovative ways to connect people and achieve transformational change. This season is sponsored by Deloitte.Learn more about Deloitte's work with Drivers of Health or the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.Related Links:  Advancing health through alternative sites of care (Deloitte)Health Equity through Analytics: Social connectedness (Deloitte)Health Affairs Health Policy Brief: Social Isolation and HealthMeeting The Needs Of Socially Vulnerable Patients: Views Of ACO Leaders On Moving From Intent To Action (Health Affairs) Networks Of Support Help Patients Navigate Complex Systems (Health Affairs) The views and opinions expressed by podcast speakers and guests are solely their own and do not reflect the opinions of Deloitte or its personnel, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse any individuals or entities featured on the episodes.

A Health Podyssey is taking a holiday break. We will return to regular production on January 14, 2025.Until that time, enjoy a special series we created on our other podcast, Health Affairs This Week. In this special series, Rob Lott gets an update on health policy briefs surrounding the release of our theme issue on housing and health, which was released in February of this year.In this episode, Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Corianne Scally from the Urban Institute. Order the issue here.Subscribe to Health Affairs This Week.Related Links:Housing and Health: An Overview of the Literature (Health Affairs)Housing and Health: The Role of Inclusionary Zoning (Health Affairs

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Guest: Alex Keuroghlian, Director, Division of Education and Trainings, The Fenway Institute, Fenway HealthRhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Alex Keuroghlian from Fenway Health about the role that identity plays in the health care workforce. They also discuss best practices for creating safe spaces of care for LGBTQIA+ populations and health policies critical to providing nondiscriminatory care.This season is sponsored by Deloitte.Learn more about Deloitte's work with Drivers of Health or the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.Related Links:  Pride and equity (Deloitte)How employers can spark a movement to help us live longer and healthier lives (Deloitte) Health Equity through Analytics (HExA): Literacy and numeracy (Deloitte) Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Among LGBT Adults, 2013-19 (Health Affairs)Sexual Orientation, High-Deductible Health Plans, And Financial Barriers To Care (Health Affairs)The views and opinions expressed by podcast speakers and guests are solely their own and do not reflect the opinions of Deloitte or its personnel, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse any individuals or entities featured on the episodes. Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Richard Hughes IV of Epstein Becker Green and George Washington University about his recent paper that reviewed school-entry vaccine policies on a state level and observed how the responses to federal recommendations varied.Order the November 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone. Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Guest: Kimberly Driggins, Executive Director, Washington Housing ConservancyRhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Kimberly Driggins from the Washington Housing Conservancy about the connections between housing security, economic mobility, and health outcomes. They also explore what it will take to reinvent an equitable, anti-racist housing system. This season is sponsored by Deloitte.Learn more about Deloitte's work with Drivers of Health or the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.Related Links:  Infrastructure law may smooth the road to health equity (Deloitte)Health Affairs theme issue: Housing & HealthNeighborhoods and Health: Interventions at the Neighborhood Level Could Help Advance Health Equity (Health Affairs)Primary Care–Based Housing Program Reduced Outpatient Visits; Patients Reported Mental And Physical Health Benefits (Health Affairs)  Gentrification Yields Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Exposure To Contextual Determinants Of Health (Health Affairs)  The views and opinions expressed by podcast speakers and guests are solely their own and do not reflect the opinions of Deloitte or its personnel, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse any individuals or entities featured on the episodes. Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jared Walker of Dollar For about his recent paper that explores the widely varying criteria amongst US nonprofit hospitals to determine who qualifies for free and discounted charity care.Order the November 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone. Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Guest: Dion Dawson, Chief Dreamer and CEO, Dion's Chicago DreamIn the first episode of the second season of Research and Justice For All, host Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Dion Dawson from Dion's Chicago Dream about innovative ways to address food insecurity. They also explore the nonprofit industrial complex and the systemic link between hunger and profit in the US.This season is sponsored by Deloitte.Learn more about Deloitte's work with Drivers of Health or the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.Related Links:  Fresh food as medicine for the heartburn of high prices (Deloitte)Health Affairs theme issue: Food & HealthMeals On Wheels Clients: Measurable Differences In The Likelihood Of Aging In Place Or Being Hospitalized (Health Affairs) Race And Racial Perceptions Shape Burden Tolerance For Medicaid And The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Health Affairs)  Measuring and Addressing Nutrition Security to Achieve Health and Health Equity (Health Affairs) The views and opinions expressed by podcast speakers and guests are solely their own and do not reflect the opinions of Deloitte or its personnel, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse any individuals or entities featured on the episodes. Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Welcome to the 200th episode of A Health Podyssey!For our 200th episode, Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil invites Leemore Dafny of the Harvard Business School back to the program to discuss vertical integration in the health care sector, observations on what impacts it may have on the future state of markets, and what the regulatory response has been so far.Dafny joined us for our 100th episode discussing her research published in Health Affairs that examined donations made by pharmaceutical manufacturers to patient assistance charities based on an analysis of drug spending among Medicare Advantage enrollees.   Thank you for supporting and listening to A Health Podyssey.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone. Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Janice Jhang of Harvard University about her recent paper that explores how regulatory and market forces are driving adoption of biosimilars.Order the November 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone. Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Looking to drive meaningful change in the health care ecosystem? Look to the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Naomi Zewde of the University of California, Los Angeles about her recent paper exploring how high-deductible health insurance plans may exacerbate racial and ethnic wealth disparities.Order the October 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Looking to drive meaningful change in the health care ecosystem? Look to the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Avni Gupta of the Commonwealth Fund about her recent paper that explores cost-associated unmet dental, vision, and hearing needs among low-income Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries.Order the October 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Looking to drive meaningful change in the health care ecosystem? Look to the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Allison Hoffman of University of Pennsylvania about her recent paper that explores opportunities to simplify Medicaid home and community-based services in the age of rebalancing.Order the October 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Looking to drive meaningful change in the health care ecosystem? Look to the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Pragya Kakani of Cornell University about her recent paper exploring the association between Medicare Part D protected-class policy and lower drug rebates.Order the October 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Looking to drive meaningful change in the health care ecosystem? Look to the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Dr. Jay Bhatt, Managing Director of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions and the Deloitte Health Equity Institute, to highlight the upcoming season of Research & Justice For All that focuses on social drivers of health and the role that Deloitte has played in pursuing health equity goals across the life sciences and health care industry. Before the second season of Research & Justice For All arrives, check out the last season focused on Private Sector Solutions.Order the September 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Melissa Aldridge of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and James J. Peters Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center about her recent paper exploring the increasing trend of private equity acquisitions of hospices and how ownership structures still remain complex and opaque.Order the September 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Andrew Feher of Department of Health Care Access and Information about his recent paper exploring how the incorporation of email reminders saw increases in eligibility verification and continued subsidy receipt for enrollees in California's Affordable Care Act marketplace.Order the September 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Benedic Ippolito of American Enterprise Institute about his recent paper exploring how expanding Medicare coverage of anti-obesity medicines could result in increased annual spending.Order the September 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jiani Yu of Cornell University about her recent paper that explores how telehealth use and delivery differs significantly by physician and practice characteristics.Order the September 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Dongzhe Hong of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard University on his recent paper that explores how patient and prescriber factors play into biosimilar uptake in the US.Order the August 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Kamyar Nasseh of the American Dental Association on his recent study that identifies the growing role of private equity in dental practices.Order the August 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Sanjay Basu of Waymark on his recent study that considers a potential risk of perpetuating health disparities with the continued utilization of cost-effectiveness analyses to inform health care and public health policy decisions.Order the August 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Brandy Lipton of the University of California, Irvine on her recent paper exploring how most state Medicaid programs offer coverage for routine eye exams for adults, but noticeable coverage discrepancies of other routine vision care services remain.Order the August 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jennifer Kao of the University of California Los Angeles on her recent paper that explores the impact of the Food and Drug Administration's breakthrough therapy designation program on the reduction of late-stage drug development time.Order the July 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone. Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.