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What Rising Disenrollment Rates Reveal About Medicare Advantage
20 mins; March 30, 2026
Medicare, Disability Insurance & Mortality During A Two-Year Waiting Period
23 mins; March 23, 2026
How AI Changed Cardiac Clinical Practice and Outcomes
20 mins; March 16, 2026
Zeke Emanuel on Rethinking Longevity, Wellness & Aging
28 mins; March 09, 2026
Optum’s Vertical Integration: Impact on Healthcare Pricing & Referrals
21 mins; March 02, 2026
How Drug Price Negotiation Is Reshaping Clinical Trial Pipelines
20 mins; February 23, 2026
Ghost Doctors in the Medicaid System
21 mins; February 16, 2026
Medical Debt After Hospitalization: The Financial Fallout
19 mins; February 09, 2026
Will AI Fix Health Care? Robert Wachter Weighs In
29 mins; February 02, 2026
Medicaid vs. 340B: A Drug Pricing Clash (Sayeh Nikpay)
29 mins; January 26, 2026
How Oregon’s Hospital Payment Cap Brought Stability Amid Change
24 mins; January 19, 2026
US Health Care Spending 2009–2019: What Changed? (Sherry Glied)
27 mins; January 12, 2026
BEST OF: J. Michael McWilliams on the Effects of Patient Survey Data on Risk Adjustment
36 mins; December 30, 2025
BEST OF: Steven Lieberman on The Meteoric Rise Of Medicare Advantage
28 mins; December 22, 2025
BEST OF: Zirui Song on Private Equity’s Effect on Hospital Costs and Utilization
23 mins; December 16, 2025
BEST OF: Don Berwick on How to Fix US Health Care
30 mins; December 09, 2025
BEST OF: Eric Topol on the Science of Super-Aging and Longevity
31 mins; December 01, 2025
Job Lock’s Hidden Health Costs w/ Tiffany Lemon
31 mins; November 24, 2025
Does UnitedHealthcare Pay Optum Providers Differently? w/ Dan Arnold
24 mins; November 17, 2025
How Employers Are Navigating Rising Health Care Costs
25 mins; November 10, 2025
Protecting Public Health in a Politicized Era w/ Michael Osterholm
33 mins; November 03, 2025
Inside U.S. Generic Drug Approvals: Risk, Regulation & Policy w/ Jennifer Kao
31 mins; October 27, 2025
The Different Costs — and Sites — of Care for Commercial Insurers w/ Matthew Maughan
20 mins; October 20, 2025
Profits vs. Patient Care: Alexander Soltoff on Private Equity in Hospice Care
25 mins; October 13, 2025
Can Challenge Prizes Transform Drug Discovery? w/ Tris Dyson
30 mins; October 06, 2025
Medicaid’s Role in Rising Buprenorphine Use w/ Stephen Crystal
29 mins; September 29, 2025
Treatment Courts and Health Outcomes w/ Elizabeth Van Nostrand
20 mins; September 22, 2025
Aimee Moulin on Expanding Opioid Treatment in Emergency Departments
24 mins; September 15, 2025
Nora Volkow on the Science, Stigma, and Future of Addiction Research
30 mins; September 08, 2025
Brendan Saloner Explains the Opioid Crisis & What Can Be Done
26 mins; September 02, 2025
Kenton Johnston on Value-Based Payment Clinician Participation Trends
44 mins; August 25, 2025
Cal Fang on Wage Gaps Between Nonprofit Hospital CEOs & Employees
18 mins; August 18, 2025
Jonathan Perlin on Today's Fight to Improve Health Care Quality & Standards
37 mins; August 04, 2025
Margaret Sieger on How a Novel Policy Shift Reduced Child Protective Services Reports & Foster Placements
26 mins; July 28, 2025
J. Wyatt Koma on the Latest Medicare Enrollment Patterns
21 mins; July 21, 2025
Bohan Li on Two Decades of Medicaid Managed Care Market Changes
22 mins; July 14, 2025
Paula Chatterjee on Rural Hospital Finances Under Pennsylvania's Health Model
28 mins; July 07, 2025
Uché Blackstock on The Multi-Faceted Policies to Achieve Health Equity
27 mins; June 30, 2025
Robert Burke on The Impact of Value-Based Purchasing Programs on Skilled Nursing Facilities
22 mins; June 23, 2025
MacKenzie Hughes on Health Outcomes and Costs Associated with Transitional Care
21 mins; June 16, 2025
Keith Drake on How Authorized Generics Shape Drug Competition
19 mins; June 09, 2025
Thomas Dobbs on the Backsliding of Public Health Funding, the Field's Current Career Potential, & Being Attached to That One Supreme Court Case
33 mins; June 02, 2025
Andrew Ryan on State Affordability Standards' Impact on Hospital Prices and Insurance Premiums
43 mins; May 26, 2025
The Digital Health Industry is So Back w/ Christina Farr | Health Affairs This Week
19 mins; May 25, 2025
Thomas Buchmueller on Prescription Coverage After Medicaid Unwinding
18 mins; May 19, 2025
Trump's Deregulation Era & The Big Budget Reconciliation's Health Care Impact w/ Katie Keith | Health Affairs This Week
22 mins; May 18, 2025
Caitlin Carroll on Hospital Closures Ultimately Causing Higher Prices
20 mins; May 12, 2025
Health Affairs This Week: What's On Farzad Mostashari's Mind for Health Policy
22 mins; May 11, 2025
Health Affairs This Week: How Federal Restructuring Affects Data That Affects Health Policy
16 mins; May 04, 2025
Mary Kathryn Poole on How Economic Assistance Models Impact Food Security & Diet
20 mins; April 28, 2025
Shuyue Deng on Medically-Tailored Meals' Impact on Health Care
16 mins; April 22, 2025
Food, Nutrition, & Health: A Different Type of Hunger w/ Heather Thomas
25 mins; April 16, 2025
Kurt Hager on Medicaid Nutrition Supports Linked To Reduced Hospital & ED Use
26 mins; April 15, 2025
Elizabeth Popp-Berman on How the U.S. Can Build a Just Political Economy for Health
30 mins; April 14, 2025
Food, Nutrition, & Health: Behind the Pages
9 mins; April 09, 2025
Seth Berkowitz on the Intersection of Income, Food, & Health
27 mins; April 08, 2025
Food, Nutrition & Health: Food Support Programs w/ Diane Schanzenbach
21 mins; April 02, 2025
Meena Seshamani on the Journey from CMS to Maryland's Department of Health
27 mins; April 01, 2025
Food, Nutrition, & Health: Water Insecurity w/ Na'Taki Osborne Jelks
20 mins; March 26, 2025
LIVE with Yashaswini Singh on Private Equity's Effect on Health Care Staff Turnover
40 mins; March 25, 2025
Erica Eliason on Children’s Health Coverage Loss During Medicaid Unwinding
18 mins; March 18, 2025
Richard Leuchter on ED Underuse Among Disadvantaged Communities
23 mins; March 11, 2025
Jihye Han Compares First-In-Class Drug Regulation in the US and Europe
24 mins; March 04, 2025
Jennifer Wolff on The Growing Number of Family Caregivers for Older Adults
24 mins; February 11, 2025
Paige Nong Tracks the Use Of AI & Predictive Models In US Hospitals
25 mins; January 28, 2025
Michael Lens on Low-Density Zoning and Neighborhood Segregation
17 mins; December 24, 2024
Research and Justice For All: AAMC Is Working To Thread Healthy Outcomes Through Health Equity
40 mins; December 18, 2024
Ingrid Gould Ellen on Housing Mobility and Health
15 mins; December 17, 2024
Research and Justice For All: Insight Garden Program Connects Incarcerated Populations with Nature
39 mins; December 11, 2024
Craig Pollack on Low Income Housing Tax Credits
16 mins; December 10, 2024
Research and Justice For All: Thread Unites Community & Combats Childhood Loneliness
44 mins; December 04, 2024
Corianne Scally Gives an Overview on Housing and Health
16 mins; December 03, 2024
Research and Justice For All: Fenway Health Advances LGBTQIA+ Health Efforts Through Workforce Education
50 mins; November 27, 2024
Richard Hughes IV on States' Response to Federal Vaccine Recommendations for Schools
21 mins; November 26, 2024
Research and Justice For All: Washington Housing Conservancy Shapes Health via Housing Reform
45 mins; November 20, 2024
Jared Walker on Eliminating Your Medical Debt
23 mins; November 19, 2024
Research and Justice For All: Dion's Chicago Dream Fights Food Insecurity One Meal At A Time
43 mins; November 13, 2024
Leemore Dafny Joins Our 200th Episode
37 mins; November 12, 2024
Janice Jhang on Policy & Market Forces Driving Biosimilar Adoption
27 mins; November 05, 2024
Naomi Zewde on the Equity Impacts Of High-Deductible Plans and Health Savings Accounts
23 mins; October 29, 2024
Avni Gupta on Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Through an Equity Lens
24 mins; October 22, 2024
Allison Hoffman on Simplifying Medicaid Long-Term Services & Supports
37 mins; October 15, 2024
Pragya Kakani on How Protected-Class Policy Impacts Medicare Drug Rebates
21 mins; October 08, 2024
Jay Bhatt on the Social Drivers of Health
26 mins; October 01, 2024
Melissa Aldridge on Private Equity Acquisitions Of Hospices
20 mins; September 24, 2024
Andrew Feher on The Effects Of Email For Insurance Engagement Efforts
23 mins; September 17, 2024
Benedic Ippolito on the Once and Future Costs of Anti-Obesity Drugs
27 mins; September 10, 2024
Jiani Yu on the Current Telehealth Landscape & Opportunities
20 mins; September 03, 2024
Dongzhe Hong on Biosimilar Uptake in the US
22 mins; August 27, 2024
Kamyar Nasseh on the Growing Role of Private Equity in Dentistry
20 mins; August 20, 2024
Sanjay Basu on How Cost-Effectiveness Analyses Can Perpetuate Health Disparities
24 mins; August 13, 2024
Brandy Lipton on the Medicaid Coverage Gaps of Eye Care
22 mins; August 06, 2024
Jennifer Kao on How an FDA Program Reduced Clinical Development Times for Some Drugs
22 mins; July 30, 2024
Christina Andrews on States' Role in Substance Use Disorder Treatment via Medicaid
28 mins; July 23, 2024
Liz Fowler on the Future of Specialty and Primary Care Integration
30 mins; July 16, 2024
LIVE from Aspen Ideas: Debra Whitman on Aging and "The Second Fifty"
25 mins; July 09, 2024
Renee Hsia on Inequities in Cardiac Intervention Availability
26 mins; July 02, 2024
Ross Brownson on The Path to Public Health Transformation
25 mins; June 25, 2024
Nir Menachemi on How States Can Actually Invest in Public Health
30 mins; June 18, 2024
Cory Cronin on Hospitals’ Needs Assessments & Community Health In Ohio
26 mins; June 11, 2024
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