Health Affairs This Week

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.On the 100th episode of Health Affairs This Week, Ellen Bayer and Kathleen Haddad go over major policy developments in health care this year, including COVID-19, abortion, gun violence, drug prices, and more.Related Links:What Are The Prescription Drug Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act? (Kaiser Family Foundation)House Passes The Equality Act: Here's What It Would Do (NPR)Five Things To Know About the Renewal of Extra Affordable Care Act Subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act (Kaiser Family Foundation)FDA Provides Update on External Evaluation to Strengthen Agency's Human Foods ProgramThe Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: What Does the Law Do and How Might It be Impacted by Bruen? (Duke Center for Firearms Law)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.Listen to Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander discuss the FDA's look into the potential for over-the-counter naloxone products to help reduce opioid overdose deaths.Related Links:FDA Fast-tracks Review of Over-the-Counter Opioid Drug (Axios)FDA Announces Preliminary Assessment that Certain Naloxone Products Have the Potential to be Safe and Effective for Over-the-Counter Use (FDA)Plan N: The Case For Over-The-Counter Naloxone (Health Affairs Forefront)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.California Attorney General Rob Bonta is investigating hospitals' software algorithms to help identify potential racial biases in the systems. Listen to Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Rob Lott discuss the background and research behind racial biases in health care algorithms.View the Anniversary Timeline celebrating 40+ years of advancing health policy.Related Links:Dissecting Racial Bias in an Algorithm Used to Manage the Health of Populations (Science)Hidden In Plain Sight - Reconsidering The Use of Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms (NEJM)Podcast: Michael Sun on Racial Biases Hiding in EHRs (A Health Podyssey)The Potential For Bias in Machine Learning and Opportunities for Health Insurers to Address It (Health Affairs)Algorithmic Bias in Health Care: A Path Forward (Health Affairs Forefront)Leveraging Affordable Care Act Section 1557 to Address Racism in Clinical Algorithms (Health Affairs Forefront) Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Ellen Bayer and Kathleen Haddad break down the under-discussed state ballot initiatives that focused on health care in the 2022 mid-term elections.Related Links:What The 2022 Midterm Results Might Mean for Health Care (Health Affairs Forefront)What Recent State Elections Mean for Health Care (Health Affairs Forefront)A Proposed Policy Agenda for Electronic Cigarettes in the US: Product, Price, Place, and Promotion (Health Affairs)The FDA Stands By as the Vaping Industry Flout Its Orders (Stat News)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: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs Kathleen Haddad and Vabren Watts discuss open enrollment season and Medicare provisions in the CMS Final Rule.Related Links:Previewing The 2023 Open Enrollment Period (Health Affairs Forefront)HHS Finalizes Physician Payment Rule Strengthening Access to Behavioral Health Services and Whole-Person Care (CMS)Shopping for ACA Health Insurance? Here's What's New This Year (Kaiser Health News)An Overhaul for Medicare's Pay Transformation Program (Axios)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: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander discuss the FDA's efforts to pull the pregnancy drug Makena from the market and the implications for drug policy.Join us in D.C. for an in-person happy hour event on November 17Related Links:FDA Panel Recommends Pulling Preterm Birth Drug From the Market (New York Times)Accelerated Approval of Cancer Drugs: No Economic Reward For Drug Makers That Conduct Confirmatory Trials (Health Affairs)Delays in Confirmatory Trials for Drug Applications Granted FDA's Accelerated Approval Raise Concerns (Office of Inspector General)Podcast: Prescription Drug Policy, Drug Pricing & Aduhelm With Rachel Sachs (Health Affairs This Week)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: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | OvercastJoin us in D.C. for an in-person happy hour event on November 17 Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs This Week is on a break this week. Today, we are publishing an episode from A Health Podyssey, where Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil brings you in-depth conversations with leading researchers and influencers shaping the big ideas in health policy and the health care industry. Health Affairs This Week will return next week.Subscribe to A Health Podyssey: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google PodcastsHealth Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Northwestern University's Tara Lagu on the paper she published in the October 2022 issue of Health Affairs examining physicians attitudes toward patients with disabilities.Order the October 2022 issue of Health Affairs on disability and health.Health Affairs thanks the Ford Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for their financial support of this issue.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' Ryann Tanap and Vabren Watts interview Tony Brunswick, executive director of Art Enables, about his organization and its work and impact on artists with disabilities.Health Affairs thanks the Ford Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for their financial support of this issue.Related Links:Disability and Health Theme IssueCreating Income Opportunities for Artists with Disabilities (Health Affairs Forefront)Health Affairs Sunday Update Sign-UpArt Studio Helps Adults With Disabilities Turn Their Passion Into a Career (NPR)Disability & Health in 10 Exhibits: Themes from Health Affairs' October 2022 Issue (Health Affairs Forefront)Order the October 2022 issue of Health Affairs on disability and health.Sign up for Health Affairs Sunday Update.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: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Ellen Bayer give a peek behind the curtain on Health Affairs' new Disability and Health theme issue.Health Affairs thanks the Ford Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for their financial support of this issue.Related Links:Disability and Health Theme IssueTara Lagu on Physicians’ Attitudes on People With Disabilities (A Health Podyssey)Patient And Coworker Mistreatment Of Physicians With Disabilities (Health Affairs)Upcoming Health Affairs EventsOrder the October 2022 issue of Health Affairs on disability and health.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: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.Health Affairs' Kathleen Haddad and Chris Fleming conduct a whistle-stop tour of the current health policy litigations flowing through the courts.Related Links:Providers Sue (Again) Over No Surprises (Health Affairs Forefront)Lawsuit Challenges Federal Copay Accumulator Policy (Health Affairs Forefront)Court Holds That Key ACA Preventive Services Requirements Are Unconstitutional (Health Affairs Forefront)Will The US Supreme Court Strike Down The ACA's Preventive Services Coverage Requirement? (Health Affairs Forefront)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: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter.