Health Affairs This Week
Health Affairs This Week places listeners at the center of health policy’s proverbial water cooler. Join editors from Health Affairs, the leading journal of health policy research, and special guests as they discuss this week’s most pressing health policy news. All in 15 minutes or less.
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Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Michael Gerber back to the program to discuss the Food and Drug Administration's recent announcement to scale a generative artificial intelligence across its center in the future. Health Affairs released their first Insider trend report. The report focuses on AI in heal
Andrew Ryan on State Affordability Standards' Impact on Hospital Prices and Insurance Premiums | A Health Podyssey
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. On May 13, A Health Podyssey's Rob Lott chatted with Andrew Ryan of Brown University about his paper in the May 2025 edition of Health Affairs that explores how Rhode Island's affordability standards impacted hospital prices and insurance premiums. Order th
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Christina Farr, advisor, investor, editor-in-chief of Second Opinion Media, to the pod to discuss recent moves by Omada Health and Hinge Health to take the companies public, how the IPOs could impact the digital health mar
Thomas Buchmueller on Prescription Coverage After Medicaid Unwinding | A Health Podyssey
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Thomas Buchmueller of the University of Michigan to discuss his recent paper that explores how during the Medicaid 'Unwinding' of 2023, the reduction in Medicaid-paid prescriptions was offset by increased commercial covera
Trump's Deregulation Era & The Big Budget Reconciliation's Health Care Impact w/ Katie Keith
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Katie Keith of Georgetown Law back to the pod to discuss President Trump's potential changes to the rulemaking process, how that may impact rulemaking at HHS, and break down the house Republican budget reconciliation bill
A Health Podyssey: Caitlin Carroll on Hospital Closures Ultimately Causing Higher Prices
Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Caitlin Carroll of the University of Minnesota to discuss her recent paper that explores how rural hospital closures led to an increase in prices for nearby remaining hospitals. Order the May 2025 issu