Prescription Drug Policy, Drug Pricing & Aduhelm With Rachel Sachs
While COVID-19 shallowed many headlines in the health care space, a lot of movement was made in various health policy areas, including prescription drug pricing.On today's episode of Health Affairs Th...
7 Jan 202214min
New National Health Spending Data and Introducing Health Affairs Forefront
This week, Health Affairs released the annual national health care spending data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Using data from 2020, the first data which relates to the CO...
17 Des 202113min
A Year in Health Policy Review
With 2021 about to be in the rearview mirror, Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Ellen Bayer gather on Health Affairs This Week to quickly chat about some of the biggest developments in health polic...
10 Des 20218min
Global Health Inequity: Examining Omicron Through The Lens of HIV/AIDS
The first Omicron COVID-19 variant case was confirmed in the state of California this week. But there is a lot we don't know about this new COVID-19 variant. On today's episode of Health Affairs This ...
3 Des 202114min
The ACA and Health Policy at the Supreme Court with Katie Keith
Since its inception, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has faced legal challenges. With the law on the books for more than 10 years, the measure is still facing litigation.Cases currently pending before t...
19 Nov 202115min
Public Health In The Off-Year Election Wrap Up
Last week, a lot of the coverage regarding the U.S. off-year election cycle focused on the victory of Republican Glenn Youngkin in Virginia.But there were a number of amendments throughout state elect...
12 Nov 202110min
Considering (And Making Sense Of) Health Spending
Health spending currently accounts for nearly 18% of the US' Gross Domestic Product.If the nation spends so much on health care - about $11,500 per person in the US - then are we getting a good value ...
5 Nov 202113min
Diving Into WHO's Climate and Health Report Before The UN Climate Summit
Ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, UK, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a special report on climate change and health. The organization proposed...
29 Okt 202114min
