Dear John,

Health Affairs is planning a theme issue on food, nutrition, and health to be published in April of 2025.

The submissions portal is open now and the deadline to submit an abstract is this Monday, July 29.

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

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can cause significant long-term socioeconomic and health impacts. 

In their upcoming August 2024 article published today as an Ahead Of Print article, Thomas Selden and colleagues at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality examine the associations between ACEs and health care utilization and expenditures.

The researchers find that adults with ACEs had 26.3 percent higher expenditures than those without ACEs. Also, in 2021, adults with ACEs spent $292 billion more on health care.

How States Can Support Individuals In The Long-Term Services and Supports Gap

Laura Benzing et al.

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.

Thanks to everyone who submitted and check out more entries below!