Health Affairs This Week

By: Health Affairs
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  • Health Affairs This Week places listeners at the center of health policy’s proverbial water cooler. Join editors from Health Affairs, the leading journal of health policy research, and special guests as they discuss this week’s most pressing health policy news. All in 15 minutes or less.
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Episodes
  • Zachary Baron Shares What A Trump Presidency May Mean for Health Care
    Nov 8 2024

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    Health Affairs' Jeff Byers is joined by Deputy Editor Chris Fleming and Zachary Baron of Georgetown University's O'Neill Institute to discuss what the outcome of the 2024 US Presidential Election could mean for future health care decisions.

    Order the November 2024 issue of Health Affairs with a focus on health insurance, pharmaceuticals, and more.

    Check out a recent episode of A Health Podyssey featuring author Janice Jhang discussing her recent paper from the November 2024 issue that explores how regulatory and market forces are driving adoption of biosimilars.

    Join Health Affairs on November 20 for a virtual event with Senior Editor Kathleen Haddad and author John Bowblis examining how the loss of public health emergency funds challenges the financial viability of nursing homes.

    Related Articles from Zachary Baron:

    • New Lawsuit Threatens Affordable Care Act’s Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions (Health Affairs Forefront)
    • Supreme Court Overrules Chevron Doctrine: Ripple Effects Across Health Care (Health Affairs Forefront)
    • Another Administration Win In Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Lawsuits (Health Affairs Forefront)

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    24 mins
  • Health-Related State Ballot Measures On Deck This Election Season
    Nov 1 2024

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    Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott back to the program to discuss the 2024 election on the state level with ballot initiatives focused on reproductive health, cannabis restrictions, Medicaid work requirements, and more.

    Check out our upcoming events:

    • 11/7/2024 - BRIEFING: Financial Integration of Medicare and Medicaid: Necessary But Not Sufficient (Open to All)
    • 11/20/2024 - JOURNAL CLUB: Nursing Home Financial Stability and Funding Challenges (Health Affairs Insiders Exclusive Event)


    Related Articles:

    • HEALTH POLICY BRIEF: Direct Democracy And Population Health: Making Health Policy Through State Ballot Initiatives (Health Affairs)

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    20 mins
  • Frontline Struggles from the Retail Health Clinic Market
    Oct 25 2024

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    Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Leslie Erdelack back to the program to discuss the current state of retail clinics within retailers such as Walgreens, CVS, and Walmart, the challenges these operations have faced, and what the future implications for consumers might be as some retailers shutter some arms of these operations.

    Check out our 2024 Election Collection available from Health Affairs with featured paywalled content made available for $39.95.

    Related Articles:

    • Why Retail Health Clinics Failed (Harvard Business Review)
    • Why Walmart, Walgreens, CVS retail health clinic experiment is struggling (CNBC)
    • CVS and Walgreens are ailing. Here’s why (NPR)



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    19 mins

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