Health Affairs This Week

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Leslie Erdelack back to the program to discuss recent cybersecurity events that have affected both health care businesses and patients alike, prevention measures, and what does a provider do when their technology tools aren't working.This week, Health Affairs published two ahead-of-print articles. You can check those out below: Is It Working? Evaluating The First Round Of Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Expanding Medicare Coverage Of Anti-Obesity Medicines Could Increase Annual Spending By $3.1 Billion To $6.1 BillionRelated Articles:FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Bolsters Protections for Americans’ Access to Healthcare Through Strengthening Cybersecurity

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt University back to the program to discuss an interim staff report released by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about the impact that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have on the accessibility and affordability of prescription drugs.Check out the August 2024 issue of Health Affairs.RSVP for our upcoming Age-Friendly Health Briefing entitled "What Do Recent Nursing Home Developments Mean for Residents, Families, and the Future of Long-Term Care?" in partnership with The John A. Hartford Foundation.Become an Insider to not miss out on Stacie Dusetzina's exclusive newsletter, Policy Prescription, which focuses on drug pricing.Related Articles:PRESS RELEASE: FTC Releases Interim Staff Report on Prescription Drug MiddlemenMerging Medical And Drug Benefits: Seeing The Whole Picture (Health Affairs Forefront)Three Key Ways To Strengthen Proposed Pharmacy Benefit Manager Regulations (Health Affairs Forefront)

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Marianne Amoss to the program to explore the state of maternal health in health care and what a recent policy proposal from CMS could do to reduce maternal mortality and advance health equity.RSVP for our upcoming Age-Friendly Health Briefing entitled "What Do Recent Nursing Home Developments Mean for Residents, Families, and the Future of Long-Term Care?" in partnership with The John A. Hartford Foundation.Become an Insider to not miss out on Stacie Dusetzina's exclusive newsletter, Policy Prescription, which focuses on drug pricing.Related Articles:PRESS RELEASE: Biden Harris Administration Proposes Policies to Reduce Maternal Mortality, Advance Health Equity, and Support Underserved Communities (CMS)How bad is maternal mortality in the U.S.? A new study says it's been overestimated by Selena Simmons-Duffin (NPR)

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott to the program to discuss a recent policy proposal that would result in prohibiting medical debt from being included in credit reporting and how the upcoming presidential election could play into the policy's implementation.Read our "ahead-of-print" article on how adverse childhood experiences and health care utilization and expenditures.   Check out this year's You're A Health Policy Wonk If... contest!Submit an abstract for our upcoming theme issue focusing on Food, Nutrition, and Health. Submissions are due by Monday, July 29th.Submit an article for the Forefront series "Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage." Submissions will be taken on a rolling basis through June 2025.Related Articles:FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Proposal to Prohibit Medical Bills from Being Included on Credit Reports and Calls on States and Localities to Take Further Actions to Reduce Medical DebtIllness And Injury As Contributors To Bankruptcy (Health Affairs)Medical Bankruptcy: Dranove And Millenson Respond (Health Affairs)The Joint Distribution Of High Out-Of-Pocket Burdens, Medical Debt, And Financial Barriers To Needed Care (Health Affairs)HEALTH POLICY BRIEF: Health, Income, & Poverty: Where We Are & What Could Help (Health Affairs)

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Leslie Erdelack to the program to discuss FDA's recent approval of an Alzheimer's treatment drug, Lilly’s Kisunla, how private insurers and Medicare may cover the drug, and the emerging new class of drugs surrounding Alzheimer's treatment.We announced the winner for our You're A Health Policy Wonk If... contest this week!Until July 20, we are having a flash sale on Health Affairs Insider membership. Use the code HealthWonkLife for $30 off the normal Insider price.Check out our Request For Abstracts page for the April 2025 theme issue focusing on Food, Nutrition, and Health.Related Articles:Approval of Newest Alzheimer’s Drug Will Accelerate New Era of Treatment by Peter Loftus and Joseph Walker (Wall Street Journal)Press Release: Lilly's Kisunla Approved by the FDA for the Treatment of Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Andrew Twinamatsiko of O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law back to the program to discuss the Supreme Court's recent overturning of the Chevron doctrine and the implications for health policy moving forward. Check out our Request For Abstracts page for the April 2025 theme issue focusing on Food, Nutrition, and Health.Related Articles:The Supreme Court And The Future Of Expert Preventive Recommendations by Richard Hughes IV (Forefront)Two Obscure Cases about Fish May Disempower Health Agencies by Suhasini Ravi, Andrew Twinamatsiko, and Lawrence O. Gostin (MedPage Today)What the Supreme Court’s Rulings on Chevron in Loper Bright Enterprises and Relentless Could Mean for Health Care by Suhasini Ravi (The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law)

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers chats with Senior Editors Kathleen Haddad and Meg Winchester about their recent trip to AcademyHealth's 2024 Annual Research Meeting (ARM) in Baltimore and the main takeaways that the two found regarding private equity, opioid use, and solutions-orientated research.Order the July 2024 Issue of Health Affairs.Related Links:Request For Abstracts – Food, Nutrition, And HealthProtecting Patients And Society In An Era Of Private Equity Provider Ownership: Challenges And Opportunities For Policy by Christopher Cai and Zirui Song (Health Affairs, May 2024)A Health Podyssey: Christopher Cai on Responding To Challenges Posed By Private EquityAccountable Care for Population Health (a Forefront series)

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers is joined by Andrew Twinamatsiko of O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law to discuss a recent Supreme Court decision to reject a challenge to the FDA's approval of abortion medication. Join us for this upcoming event:7/10/24 - Lunch and Learn: Supreme Court Wrap-Up (Health Affairs Insider Exclusive Event)Become an Insider this week for $40 Off when you use the code InsiderAtTwo at checkout.Related Articles:Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Abortion Medication, But At What Cost? by Andrew Twinamatsiko et al. (Forefront)

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers is joined by Sabrina Corlette of Georgetown University to discuss an ahead-of-print article released this week that outlines the Congressional Budget Office's health insurance coverage projections in the US for 2024-34. The conversation discusses what went into the CBO's estimates and how the upcoming presidential election may play a big role in how these projections shape up in the future to come.Join us for this upcoming event:7/10/24 - Lunch and Learn: Supreme Court Wrap-UpRelated Articles:Health Insurance Coverage Projections For The US Population And Sources Of Coverage, By Age, 2024–34 by Jessica Hale et al. (Health Affairs)CBO Projections Are Not Destiny: Policies, ACA Investments Can Change Trajectory by Sabrina Corlette (Forefront)CBO Publishes New Projections Related to Health Insurance for 2024 to 2034

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers chats with Senior Editor Michael Gerber about his recent trip to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Health Equity Conference in Bethesda and the main takeaways that he found from the diversity of panels offered.Order the Reimagining Public Health Theme Issue of Health Affairs. Join us for our next edition of Journal Club on June 18.Become an Insider today! For the month of June, you can become an Insider with a $40 discount by using the code InsiderAtTwo.Related Links:2024 CMS Health Equity ConferenceJune 2024 Issue of Health Affairs on Reimagining Public Health