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Back to SearchZoning Policy is Health Policy
Episode 46
The downstream effects of exclusionary, low-density residential zoning on health and health equity should make scholars and policy makers focus on re…
4 years, 3 months ago
Behind the Pages: Perinatal Mental Health Issue
Episode 45
In October, Health Affairs published an issue dedicated to perinatal mental health.
There has long been an awareness of the harm associated with perin…
4 years, 3 months ago
Hospital Specialty Pharmacies and 340B
Episode 44
This week was a busy week on Capitol Hill but on today's episode of Health Affairs This Week, Senior Editors Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander loo…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Fight to Expand Postpartum Medicaid — And Why It Matters
Episode 43
Child birth in the US is expensive. One of the largest payers for childbirth in the US is Medicaid, covering 43% of US births in 2018.
New mothers wit…
4 years, 3 months ago
COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, Paid Sick Leave, and the Economy
Episode 42
Earlier this week, the White House released its "path out of the pandemic," which notes the FDA is currently evaluating a COVID-19 vaccine for childr…
4 years, 3 months ago
Health Affairs' Health Equity Round-Up
Episode 41
In January 2021, Health Affairs posted an announcement regarding its new Health Equity Project.
Since then, Health Affairs has been ramping up its eff…
4 years, 4 months ago
On the Texas Abortion Ban Decision, Medicare's Insolvency & More with Katie Keith
Episode 40
This week in Health Affairs Today, Georgetown University faculty member and Health Affairs Contributing Editor Katie Keith shared her "back-to-school…
4 years, 4 months ago
Back To School Edition: COVID-19 Vaccines & Mask Mandates
Episode 39
This week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Pfizer full approval for its COVID-19 vaccine.
Schools around the country also started to r…
4 years, 4 months ago
Inside the Historic Boost for SNAP Food Assistance
Episode 38
This week, the Biden administration updated its Thrifty Food Plan, which is used to calculate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefi…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Public Transit-Health Connection
Episode 37
This week, the US Senate approved the sweeping Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan. The bill includes a $39 billion investment in public transit to report…
4 years, 5 months ago