
Innovation, Consumers, and How We Get to Better Health Care | Halle Tecco
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Halle Tecco, investor, founder of Rock Health and professor at Columbia Business School, to the pod to discuss her new book, Massively Better Healthcare: The Innova...
27 Mar 20min

Medicare Advantage Payment & Coding Fights Intensify
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Ben Ippolito of the American Enterprise Institute to the pod to discuss the growing debate over Medicare Advantage (MA) payments and coding intensity. They break do...
20 Mar 14min

FDA & Rare Disease Drugs: Why Policy and Politics Are Heating Up
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Deputy Editor Leslie Erdelack back to the pod to break down recent turbulence at the FDA following the departure of Vinay Prasad, whose decisions around rare‑diseas...
13 Mar 13min

State of the Union Healthcare Policy Breakdown
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Margaret Winchester to the pod to discuss Trump's recent State of the Union Address and unpacking its health care and health policy talking points, in...
6 Mar 10min

Is Value-Based Payment Failing U.S. Healthcare? | Andrew Ryan
Health Affairs’ Jeff Byers welcomes Brown University's Andrew Ryan to the pod to discuss his recent Forefront article that explores whether value-based payment and managed care can lead to addressing ...
27 Feb 19min

Healthcare Storytelling and Digital Health Investment Trends | Christina Farr
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Christina Farr, CEO and editor-in-chief of Second Opinion Media, back to the pod to discuss her book, The Storyteller's Advantage: How Powerful Narratives Make Busi...
20 Feb 23min

Sweeping Affordable Care Act Changes Proposed for 2027 (Katie Keith)
Health Affairs’ Jeff Byers welcomes Georgetown University’s Katie Keith back to the podcast to break down the newly proposed HHS rule that could bring major changes to the ACA beginning in 2027.They d...
16 Feb 17min

2025 Dietary Guidelines: Protein, Policy, and the Ultra-Processed Foods Problem
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes dietitian Jenny Lo from Wellness and Sports Dietetics to discuss the recently revised dietary guidelines for Americans. They discuss what's changed, the emphasis on...
13 Feb 17min



















