Dear John,

This week, Health Affairs Forefront welcomed back Katie Keith of Georgetown University to kickoff a new series entitled Health Policy At A Crossroads.

Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities for 2025

In 2016, ahead of the US presidential election, the National Academy of Medicine launched the strategic initiative Vital Directions for Health and Health Care.

The initiative provides a series of papers on critical areas of US health care written by the nation’s experts and intended to provide nonpartisan guidance to the incoming administration.

As an ahead-of-print release published this week, this year's series, Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities for 2025, features six articles highlighting key areas for action and transformative change in US health care:

• Revitalizing the biomedical research enterprise
• Modernizing public health
• Charting new directions for women's health
• Safely integrating artificial intelligence throughout the health care system
• Addressing the impact of climate change on health and equity
• Transforming the US health care system to one that performs at par with the systems of other industrialized nations

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Chuanzi Yue and Marisa Miraldo

Health Policy At A Crossroads: What To Watch In 2025

Katie Keith

State Policy Levers Can Increase Enrollment In Medicare Savings Programs

Kate Johnson et al.

Medicare Reforms Necessitate More Formulary Oversight

A. Mark Fendrick and Kirsten Axelsen

All Transition-Age Foster Youth, Especially Those With Disabilities, Need Continuous Medicaid Coverage

Gilbert Gimm et al.

Health Policy at a Crossroads: Trump's First Week w/ Katie Keith

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Deputy Editor Chris Fleming and Katie Keith of Georgetown Law to the program to discuss what to watch for in 2025 as the Trump administration takes office and what that could mean for future health policy regulations.

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