A Health Podyssey
Each week, Health Affairs' Rob Lott brings you in-depth conversations with leading researchers and influencers shaping the big ideas in health policy and the health care industry. A Health Podyssey goes beyond the pages of the health policy journal Health Affairs to tell stories behind the research and share policy implications. Learn how academics and economists frame their research questions and journey to the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Health policy nerds rejoice! This podcast is for you.
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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Michael T. Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), about the future of U.S. public health, the politicization of vaccine oversight, and why fragmented state guidance threa
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. In this episode, Rob Lott interviews Jennifer Kao of the UCLA Anderson School of Management in front of a live audience about her paper in the October 2025 issue of Health Affairs exploring the impact of risk evaluation and mitigation strategies on generic a
The Different Costs — and Sites — of Care for Commercial Insurers w/ Matthew Maughan
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Matthew Maughan of Brown University about his paper exploring how commercial insurers paid more for procedures at hospital outpatient departments as compared to ambulatory surgical centers. Order the October 2025 issue of
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Alexander Soltoff of Emory University about his recent paper exploring how private equity-owned hospices reported higher profits and lower patient care spending when compared to other ownership models. Order the October 20
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Tris Dyson, Founder of Challenge Works on his efforts in cultivating challenge prizes as an opportunity to nurture innovation in science and health care, the newly launched Longitude Prize on ALS, the transformation of dru
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Stephen Crystal of Rutgers University about his recent paper exploring how states with substantial increases in buprenorphine uptake as an opioid use disorder treatment response grew alongside increased Medicaid prescribin