A Health Podyssey

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jennifer Kao from the UCLA Anderson School of Management on her paper published in the March 2023 issue examining drug repurposing for COVID-19 treatments during the pandemic. Order the March 2023 issue of Health Affairs.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 | Stitcher | Google Podcasts

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Brian Castrucci, president and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation on his paper in the March 2023 issue examining the state and local public health workforce between 2017 and 2021, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. They found during this period, about half the workforce left their jobs with higher rates for younger and less experienced workers. Order the March 2023 issue of Health Affairs.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 | Stitcher | Google Podcasts

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Robert Tyler Braun from Weill Cornell Medical College on his paper in the February 2023 issue examining trends in nursing home staffing following investment by real estate investment trusts.Order the February 2023 issue of Health Affairs.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 | Stitcher | Google Podcasts

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Clare Brown from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on her recently published paper examining rates of adverse infant outcomes by racial and ethnic categories and subcategories.Order the February 2023 issue of Health Affairs.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 | Stitcher | Google Podcasts

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Lisa Rotenstein from Brigham and Women's Hospital on her recently published paper examining the prevalence of mental health treatment during primary care physicians visits between 2006 and 2018.Order the February 2023 issue of Health Affairs.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 | Stitcher | Google Podcasts

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Louisa Holaday from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai who published a paper in the January 2023 issue examining debt burden among medical residents after stratifying by race and ethnicity.Order the January 2023 issue of Health Affairs.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 | Stitcher | Google Podcasts

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Loren Adler from the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy on his recently published paper in Health Affairs, which will appear in the February 2023 issue. He and colleagues examined pricing and billing for ground ambulance transportation with a particular focus on who owns the transportation service.The researchers found higher prices and higher potential surprise bills for private sector emergency ground ambulance transportation than for public sector ambulances. Join Us for the Considering Health Spending event on February 3.Order the February 2023 issue of Health Affairs.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 | Stitcher | Google Podcasts

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Salin Sriudomporn from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on her paper in the January 2023 issue of Health Affairs examining gaps in immunization funding among 94 low and middle income countries.Order the January 2023 issue of Health Affairs.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 | Stitcher | Google Podcasts

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Kate Bundorf from the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University to discuss her paper in the January 2023 issue examining employment and health insurance coverage trends during the COVID-19 pandemic.Order the January 2023 issue of Health Affairs.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 | Stitcher | Google Podcasts

Jennifer Ng'andu, Managing director at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, discusses the relationship between income and health, including the impact of federal income support policies. The podcast explores the effectiveness and flaws of income support programs, the importance of integrating different fields for health equity, and the significance of income policies that center families and provide prosperity for all.