Podcast Episodes
Back to Search2025 Dietary Guidelines: Protein, Policy, and the Ultra-Processed Foods Problem
Episode 233
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes dietitian Jenny Lo from Wellness and Sports Dietetics to discuss the recently revised dietary guidelines for Amer…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reforms Are (Finally) Afoot
Episode 232
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Kathleen Haddad back to the pod to discuss the recently passed $1.2 trillion spending appropriation…
2 months ago
What Health Policy Katie Keith Is Watching In 2026
Episode 231
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Katie Keith of Georgetown Law and Deputy Editor Chris Fleming to the pod to discuss what to watch out for in 2026…
2 months, 1 week ago
Behind Epic's Latest Antitrust Lawsuit (Gabriel Perna)
Episode 230
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Gabriel Perna, Deputy Editor of Digital Health Business & Technology at Modern Healthcare, to the pod to discuss …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Great Health Care Vision Board (Stacie Dusetzina)
Episode 229
On an emergency pod episode, Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt University Medical Center to breakdown the recently u…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
It's Not the Prices, Stupid. Michael Chernew on US Health Expenditures
Episode 228
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers is joined by Michael Chernew from Harvard Medical School to explore the recent 2024 health care spending report from the C…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
BEST OF: Power and Its Impact on Medicaid w/ Jamila Michener
Episode 213
In the wake of Medicare and Medicaid's 60th anniversary, Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Jamila Michener of Cornell University to the pod to disc…
3 months ago
BEST OF: What's Happening with Value-Based Insurance Design? w/ Mark Fendrick
Episode 190
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Mark Fendrick of The University of Michigan's Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) to discuss the recen…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
BEST OF: Medicare Physicians Are Getting a Raise...But At What Cost?
Episode 212
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Leslie Erdelack back to the pod to discuss the proposed rule change to the Medicare Physician Fee S…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
BEST OF: US Health Spending Projections Back on the Rise w/ Michael Chernew
Episode 208
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers is joined by Michael Chernew from Harvard Medical School to discuss the recently released National Health Expenditures Pro…
4 months ago