Podcast Episodes

Losing Public Health Data: What’s at Risk w/ Aaron Carroll

Episode 211

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Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Dr. Aaron Carroll, President and CEO of AcademyHealth, to the pod to discuss his recent Forefront arti…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

The Big Beautiful Bill: A New Era for Health Policy? w/ Katie Keith

Episode 210

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Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Katie Keith of Georgetown Law and Deputy Editor Chris Fleming to the pod to discuss Trump administrati…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

HR Policies Health Care Needs to Know Right Now w/ Ryan Golden

Episode 209

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Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Ryan Golden, Senior Reporter at HR Dive, to the pod to discuss workforce trends within the health care…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

US Health Spending Projections Back on the Rise w/ Michael Chernew

Episode 208

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Health Affairs' Jeff Byers is joined by Michael Chernew from Harvard Medical School to discuss the recently released National Health Expen…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits: What We've Learned

Episode 207

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Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Kathleen Haddad to the pod to discuss the Forefront series, Supplemental Benefits In Med…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Back In Our Budget Reconciliation Bag w/ Katie Keith

Episode 206

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Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Katie Keith of Georgetown Law back to the pod to discuss the House Republican budget reconciliation le…

Published on 4 months ago

FDA Vague Efforts to Scale Generative AI Internally By End of June

Episode 205

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Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Michael Gerber back to the program to discuss the Food and Drug Administration's recent …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Andrew Ryan on State Affordability Standards' Impact on Hospital Prices and Insurance Premiums | A Health Podyssey

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On May 13, A Health Podyssey's Rob Lott chatted with Andrew Ryan of Brown University about his paper in the May 2025 edition of Health Aff…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

The Digital Health Industry is So Back w/ Christina Farr

Episode 204

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Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Christina Farr, advisor, investor, editor-in-chief of Second Opinion Media, to the pod to discuss rece…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Thomas Buchmueller on Prescription Coverage After Medicaid Unwinding | A Health Podyssey

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Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Thomas Buchmueller of the University of Michigan to discuss his recent paper that explores how during …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago