Dear John,

Yesterday, Health Affairs released our February issue that includes seven articles from the National Academy of Medicine’s Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities for 2025 project.

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Today's Featured Articles

Abortion Rate Increased And Birth Rate Decreased After Introduction Of Medicaid Abortion Coverage In Illinois

Taehyun Kim et al.

Final 2026 Notice Of Benefit & Payment Parameters: Marketplace Standards And Insurance Reforms

Sabrina Corlette and Jason Levitis

part of our Following The ACA series

Filling The Gaps: The Urgent Need For Sickle Cell Disease Data

Theodore Wun and William A. Wood

part of our The Future of Sickle Cell Disease Research and Care series

More on Reproductive Health

Tubal Sterilization And Vasectomy Increased Among US Young Adults After The Dobbs Supreme Court Decision In 2022

Julia Strasser et al. (January 2025)

Supreme Court Ends Right To Abortion

Katie Keith (July 2022)

Trends In Self-Pay Charges And Insurance Acceptance For Abortion In The United States, 2017–20

Ushma D. Upadhyay et al. (April 2022)

Don Berwick on How to Fix US Health Care

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Don Berwick of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement about his paper as part of the Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities for 2025 package that proposes strategies for how health care in the US could be transformed.

Celebrating Black History Month

This Black History Month, we're highlighting influential Black voices and organizations who have made an impact on health equity and policy.

In an October 2024 article, Naomi Zewde of the University of California, Los Angeles and coauthors examine the equity implications of high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) within the context of racial and ethnic wealth disparities.