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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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April 25, 2025
<p><a href="https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing%20">Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter</a>.</p><br><p>Health Affairs' <strong>Jeff Byers</strong> welcomes Deputy Editor <strong>Jessica Bylander</strong> to the program to celebrate the 200th episode of Health Affairs This Week and take a look back at the health care world of 2020 and see what has changed in terms of COVID-19, vaccinations, telehealth, and more. </p><p>Health Affairs published an ahead-of-print article this week from <strong>Yashaswini Singh</strong> and coauthors exploring explore how the expansion of private equity-owned physician practices has led to <a href="http://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.01204?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=this+week&utm_campaign=may+2025+issue&utm_content=ahead+of+print">a decrease in access for certain eye conditions</a> such as retinal detachment.<strong> <br></strong> <strong><br>Yasahswini Singh</strong> also appeared as <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hp20250206.869695/full/?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=this+week&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=ahp">a guest on a live episode of A Health Podyssey</a> discussing private equity's effect on health care staff turnover. </p><p>Health Affairs is hosting an <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/he20250411.118361/full/?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=this+week&utm_campaign=insidermarketing&utm_content=eventspecific">Insider exclusive event on <strong>May 29</strong> focusing on the FDA's first 100 days under the second Trump administration</a> featuring moderator <strong>Rachel Sachs</strong> alongside panelists <strong>Richard Hughes IV </strong>and<strong> Arti Rai</strong>.</p><p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/health/kennedy-vaccines-confidence-access.html">The Many Ways Kennedy Is Already Undermining Vaccines</a> (The New York Times)</li><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5354900/hhs-rfk-endorses-mmr-measles-vaccine-stoking-supporters-fury">Health secretary RFK Jr. endorses the MMR vaccine — stoking fury among his supporters</a> (NPR)</li><li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/track-measles-outbreak-cases-us-map-rcna198932">Measles tracker: Follow cases, outbreaks and vaccination rates across the U.S.</a> (NBC News)</li><li><a href="https://www.aha.org/fact-sheets/2025-02-07-fact-sheet-telehealth">Fact Sheet: Telehealth</a> (American Hospital Association)</li></ul> <br><p><a href="https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing">Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter</a>.</p>
April 18, 2025
<p><a href="https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing%20">Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter</a>.</p><br><p>Health Affairs' <strong>Jeff Byers</strong> welcomes <strong>Bob Herman</strong> of <a href="https://www.statnews.com/"><strong>STAT News</strong></a><strong> </strong>to the program to discuss the state of deals in the health care space, how vertical integration and consolidation have played a role in mergers & acquisitions as it relates to hospitals, and what might fly under the radar from even the most savvy of health policy wonks.</p><p>Health Affairs Insiders can <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/he20250318.588983/full/?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=this+week&utm_campaign=events&utm_content=insider+event">join us <strong>April 23</strong> for an exclusive virtual event exploring <strong>site-neutral payments</strong></a> with health economist and health services researcher <strong>Brady Post</strong> of <strong>Northeastern University</strong> and Health Affairs' <strong>Meg Winchester</strong>.</p><p>Also, we are hosting another <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/he20250411.118361/full/?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=this+week&utm_campaign=insidermarketing&utm_content=eventspecific">Insider exclusive event on <strong>May 29</strong> focusing on the FDA's first 100 days under the second Trump administration</a> featuring moderator <strong>Rachel Sachs</strong> alongside panelists <strong>Richard Hughes IV </strong>and<strong> Arti Rai</strong>. </p><p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.statnews.com/stat-plus/">Sign up for STAT+</a></li><li><a href="https://www.statnews.com/signup/">Sign up for STAT newsletters including <strong>Bob Herman's</strong> <strong>Health Care Inc.</strong></a></li></ul> <br><p><a href="https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing">Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter</a>.</p>
April 16, 2025
<p><a href="https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing%20">Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter</a>.</p><br><p>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 <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/food-and-health?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=food+and+health+special+series&utm_campaign=april+2025+issue">currently available to read</a>.</p><p>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 href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.01427?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=food+and+health+special+series&utm_campaign=april+2025+issue">A Different Type of Hunger</a>."</p><p>The <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.01427?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=food+and+health+special+series&utm_campaign=april+2025+issue">essay</a> explores Thomas' experience fighting to access and maintain food benefits in the US as a mother of six whose family is food insecure.</p><p><a href="https://projecthope.dragonforms.com/loading.do?omedasite=ha_scs&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=food+and+health+special+series&utm_campaign=april+2025+issue&utm_content=schanzenbach">Order the Food, Nutrition, and Health Issue</a>.</p> <br><p><a href="https://www.uhccommunityandstate.com/forms/newsletterregistrationform?cid=CS_B2B|Affiliate_Marketing">Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter</a>.</p>
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