BEST OF: US Health Spending Projections Back on the Rise w/ Michael Chernew
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers is joined by Michael Chernew from Harvard Medical School to discuss the recently released National Health Expenditures Projections for 2024–33 from the Office of the Actuary...
10 Des 202519min
BEST OF: The Big Beautiful Bill: A New Era for Health Policy? w/ Katie Keith
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Katie Keith of Georgetown Law and Deputy Editor Chris Fleming to the pod to discuss Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill and how this will affect Medicaid,...
3 Des 202517min
Keeping ACO Models Accountable
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Rachel Bonesteel of Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy to the pod to discuss her recent Forefront article focused on how ACO REACH enabled ACOs to participate i...
21 Nov 202516min
How Are States Even Affording Health Care Costs?
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Nathan Hostert of The Center for Advancing Health Policy Through Research at Brown University to the pod to discuss a recent Forefront article on how states are uti...
14 Nov 202515min
CMS Drug Price Negotiation Guidance Updates with Rachel Sachs
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Rachel Sachs from Washington University in St. Louis and Deputy Editor Chris Fleming back to the pod to discuss CMS' final guidance for the latest round of the Medi...
7 Nov 202516min
Why the U.S. Healthcare System Is Unwell | Allison Oakes
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Allison Oakes, Chief Research Officer of Trilliant Health, to the pod to discuss Trilliant's recent health care trend report highlighting the health economy and bre...
31 Okt 202519min
Pharmaceutical Tariffs Explained: The Will-They-Won’t-They Story of 2025
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and David Simon of the University of Connecticut back to the pod to the current state of drug prices, how p...
24 Okt 202519min
Government Shutdown: Health Policy Back in the Political Crossfire
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Kathleen Haddad back to the pod to take a look at the recent government shutdown, how health policy plays into it, HHS layoffs, the Affordable Care Ac...
17 Okt 202519min
