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Our April 2025 theme issue focusing on food, nutrition, and health comes out tomorrow. 

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Volume 3, Issue 3 of Health Affairs Scholar features the new series, Health and Political Economy, developed in partnership with the Health and Political Economy Project (HPEP) and supported by the Commonwealth Fund.

This collection explores a range of perspectives on a critical question: Instead of accepting the status quo, how can the U.S. create a more just and inclusive political economy for health?

Featured Papers Series: Health and Political Economy

Health and political economy: building a new common sense in the United States

Victor Roy et al.

Advancing a political economy approach to health using lessons from US antitrust and climate policy

Elizabeth Popp Berman

Reviving public provisioning in US health care

Hayden Rooke-Ley et al

The fundamental importance of social insurance for health equity

Seth A Berkowitz

Centering marginalized care: Home care cooperatives and system change

Geoffrey M Gusoff et al.

Join Health Affairs this Tuesday April 8 for a virtual event exploring our theme issue on food, nutrition, and health.

Panel topics include: 

• Food is Medicine,
• Food and Nutrition Insecurity, Equity, and Justice,
• Government Programs & Policies, and
• Community Voices.

A Health Podyssey: Meena Seshamani on the Journey from CMS to Maryland's Department of Health

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Dr. Meena Seshamani, the incoming Maryland Secretary of Health, to discuss her time as the director of Medicare at the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services and what the future holds in her new role.

Food, Nutrition & Health: Food Support Programs w/ Diane Schanzenbach

In the second episode of a special series on the intersection of food, nutrition, and health, Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander speaks with Diane Schanzenbach from Northwestern University on the topic of food support programs and their impacts on very young children.

Health Affairs This Week: The Politics of Alternative Payment Models

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Michael Gerber back to the program to discuss the recent announcement from the Trump administration to cancel certain alternative payment models, their previous impact on health spending, and the difficult task of measuring success over a long period of time and across different administrations.

Time To Reexamine The Role Of Supplemental Benefits In Medicare Advantage

Molly T. Turco and Meena Seshamani

part of our Supplemental Benefits In Medicare Advantage series

The (Upper) Case For Capitalizing Multiracial

Tracy Lam-Hine et al.

Tracking The Trump Administration’s Early Deregulation Agenda

Katie Keith

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

Navigating The Path To Medicare Dental Coverage

Shenam Ticku et al.

Presidential Powers And LGBTQI+ Equity: Advances And Rollbacks

Kyle A. Gavulic et al.

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

Clearing The Crux: Five Paths To Achieve Health Policy Change In 2025

Michael J. Alkire

Employer-Provider Direct Contracting: Practice And Policy

Sidney Haitoff et al.

part of our Provider Prices In The Commercial Sector series

Addressing Malnutrition Through Advances In Value-Based Care

Alexandra Bryan et al.

Expanding Home- And Community-Based Services For Dually Eligible Adults With Behavioral Health Needs

Dennis Heaphy and Ellen Breslin

part of our Medicare And Medicaid Intergration series