Make America Healthy Again...Again
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Ellen Bayer back to the pod to discuss the release of a HHS' new strategy document focusing on childhood chronic disease as part of the Make America H...
26 Sep 202516min
An ACA Supreme Court Case May Have Created an HHS Power Paradox w/ Carmel Shachar
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Carmel Shachar of Harvard Law School to the pod to discuss a recent Forefront article she co-authored that broke down the Kennedy v. Braidwood Management case focus...
19 Sep 202524min
The Downstream Effects of Politics & Policy on Health Decisions
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Health Affairs's Akilah Wise to discuss the recent CDC executive changes, HHS staff culture clashes with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., changes in federal vaccine recommen...
12 Sep 202515min
Supreme Court Upholds NIH’s Termination of $800M in Grants w/ Katie Keith
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Katie Keith of Georgetown Law and Deputy Editor Chris Fleming to the pod to discuss the recent Supreme Court case, American Public Health Association et al. v. Nati...
5 Sep 202522min
PBM Laws & State Reforms: Are Big Changes Coming?
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Andrew Twinamatsiko of O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law back to the program to discuss pharmacy benefit managers, the laws around PBMs, the stat...
29 Aug 202515min
The Politics & Business of mRNA Vaccine Investment Cuts
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Kathleen Haddad back to the pod to take a look at recent news that HHS terminated 22 mRNA projects. The two explore the agency's reasoning, political ...
22 Aug 202515min
Losing Public Health Data: What’s at Risk w/ Aaron Carroll
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Dr. Aaron Carroll, President and CEO of AcademyHealth, to the pod to discuss his recent Forefront article that takes a closer look at the disappearance of public he...
1 Aug 202520min
HR Policies Health Care Needs to Know Right Now w/ Ryan Golden
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Ryan Golden, Senior Reporter at HR Dive, to the pod to discuss workforce trends within the health care space pertaining to artificial intelligence, recruitment, ove...
18 Jul 202522min
