Dear John,

Each summer at Health Affairs, we get to hear from readers about what it means to live their best health wonk life.

With that in mind, we were thrilled at the responses to our second annual You’re a Health Policy Wonk If… contest.

We received 87 submissions, but in the end there can only be one winner.

• “You plan your retirement around CBO’s latest Medicare Trust Fund insolvency date.” - Austin Barselau

Thanks to everyone who submitted! The runners-up were:

• “You're not surprised when you get a surprise medical bill.” - Anthony Wright

• “You give your friends medical advice based on CMS quality metrics” - Chip Chambers

Check out some of the highlights from the rest of the submissions!

A Health Podyssey: Liz Fowler on the Future of Specialty and Primary Care Integration

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil welcomes Liz Fowler from CMMI to A Health Podyssey to discuss the future of health care payments, CMMI's specialty care strategy, mandatory models versus voluntary alternative payment models, CMS' newly proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2025, and more!

Health Affairs This Week: New Alzheimer's Drug Approval Expands Treatment Options — and Creates Coverage Questions

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Leslie Erdelack to the program to discuss the FDA's recent approval of an Alzheimer's treatment, Lilly’s Kisunla; how private insurers and Medicare might cover the drug; and the emerging new class of drugs surrounding Alzheimer's treatment.

Protecting Federally Qualified Health Centers Amid Drugstore Closures And Threats To 340B

Callie A. Gu et al.

Nursing Home Trade Associations Challenge Administration’s New Staffing Requirements

Sheela Ranganathan

Restructuring Medicare Payments To Address Homelessness

Priyanka A. Abraham et al.

In Remembrance Of Gail Wilensky

Peter J. Neumann

Incorporating Contraceptive Care Data Elements Into Electronic Health Record Initiatives

Emily Decker et al.

Loper Bright And The Death Of Deference In The Administration Of Health Policy

Wendy E. Parmet

Building A “Birthing-Friendly” Nation

Carly C. Tymm et al.

Supreme Court Overrules Chevron Doctrine: Ripple Effects Across Health Care

Zachary Baron et al.

Reconsidering Pharmacy Methadone Distribution For Opioid Use Disorders

Naba Husain

The United States is facing a national epidemic of diet-related chronic disease—including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and obesity.

While a range of diet and lifestyle interventions have been implemented to address these issues, there is widespread recognition that much more work remains to be done at the federal, state, and local levels to improve access to healthy, safe, and affordable foods; eradicate hunger; and reduce health disparities.

Health Affairs is planning a theme issue on food, nutrition, and health to be published in April of 2025. In this issue, we aim to provide evidence from research on policy interventions to show what works and what holds promise.

The submissions portal is open as of today and the deadline to submit an abstract is July 29.

To learn more, check out the Request for Abstracts page now.