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Episode 18
The opioid epidemic has ravaged American life.
It has claimed more than 750,000 lives as a result of a drug overdose since 1999. In 2018 alone, more t…
5 years, 7 months ago
Health economists may be getting the supply-and-demand framework all wrong
Episode 17
Have health economists been underestimating supply-side constraints when making predictions regarding cost and utilization for universal health cover…
5 years, 7 months ago
If you give people coverage, they use it
Episode 16
More than 500,000 individuals in the U.S. experience homeless at any given time, and many of those individuals qualify for Medicaid in states that ex…
5 years, 7 months ago
And the value of an additional star for physicians and hospitals is...
Episode 15
For better or worse, online platforms and social media have enabled individuals to publicly post their opinions of businesses online. As a result, bu…
5 years, 7 months ago
Value-based care isn’t transforming healthcare spending
Episode 14
Every year, Health Affairs publishes a retrospective look at national healthcare spending. In 2020, Anne Martin and colleagues from the CMS Office of…
5 years, 7 months ago
From Colorado to Washington: Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil discusses his past, healthcare’s future
Episode 13
As we close the books on the year 2020, we turn the tables on Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil wherein the interviewer becomes the interviewe…
5 years, 8 months ago
Healthcare take note: every greenhouse gas emission matters
Episode 12
From severe weather such as the destructive wildfires in California to air pollution nationwide, there's a growing body of knowledge linking climate …
5 years, 8 months ago
Can climate change solutions be served with school lunches?
Episode 11
Does America have a healthy relationship with food?
In addition to the direct health effects of diet, food production and distribution affects environ…
5 years, 8 months ago
When climate change impacts Indigenous identities, mental health suffers
Episode 10
How are Indigenous communities responding to climate change?
It’s an important but often under-looked question. As a new paper published in the climat…
5 years, 8 months ago
'What are we going to do about it?': An essay on racism and health inequities
Episode 9
Brooke Cunningham is a general internist, sociologist, and assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Unive…
5 years, 9 months ago