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Volume 3, Issue 4 of Health Affairs Scholar includes the final paper in the Health and Political Economy series from Raeghn Draper and Eric Reinhart that explores how community care workers advance anti-racist public health and strengthen democracy.

Be sure to explore the entire series, and don’t miss the other Health Affairs Scholar series available on the journal’s Collections Hub.

Editor’s Choice

Medicaid managed care organizations’ experiences with network adequacy

Jane M Zhu et al.

Building a public-private partnership to confront the emergency department boarding crisis

Sean Bruna and Laura L Sessums

This commentary sets the foundation for a new Health Affairs Scholar series on emergency department boarding.

Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s role in the US health care system: Centering the patient perspective.

Sarah K Emond and Catherine K Fischer

This commentary kicks off the new series “Insights from ICER: Drug Policy and Beyond”

Research Articles

An analysis of US net cancer drug launch prices and clinical efficacy and certainty of evidence from 2008 to 2022

Sumaya Abuloha and coauthors

Special Podcast

Elizabeth Popp-Berman on How the U.S. Can Build a Just Political Economy for Health

LIVE with Andrew Ryan on State Affordability Standards' Impact on Hospital Prices and Insurance Premiums 

Join Health Affairs on May 13 for another live taping of A Health Podyssey.

A Health Podyssey's Rob Lott will chat with Andrew Ryan about his paper in the May 2025 edition of Health Affairs and takes questions from a live audience.

How Can the New Age-Friendly Hospital Measure Transform the Inpatient Experience

Join Health Affairs May 27 for a special lunch and learn virtual event featuring a conversation between Clifford Ko and Katherine Ornstein on how the new Age-Friendly Hospital Measure aims to improve the quality and experience of inpatient care for older Americans. 

A Health Podyssey: Mary Kathryn Poole on How Economic Assistance Models Impact Food Security & Diet

Health Affairs This Week: How Federal Restructuring Affects Data That Affects Health Policy

Newborn Screening At Risk: Implications Of Disbanding The Advisory Committee On Heritable Disorders In Newborns And Children

Spreeha Choudhury and Richard Hughes IV

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

The Pointless Proliferation Of Tax-Preferred Health Spending Arrangements, Part 1: The Landscape

Jason Levitis et al.

Climate Change Is Silently Eroding Workforce Health And Productivity

Ismail Nabeel

Purge And Consolidation At FDA: Snatching Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory

Paul T. Kim

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

The Pointless Proliferation Of Tax-Preferred Health Spending Arrangements, Part 2: Ideas For Reform

Jason Levitis et al.

Rolling Back Biden-Era Medicaid Rules Would Hurt Beneficiaries And Increase Costs

Jessica Schubel

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

Awaiting The Trump Administration On Medication Abortion

Katie Keith

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

Implications Of The 2024 CMS Rule Change To State-Directed Payment Financing

Niraj Gowda and Anthony M. DiGiorgio

South Korea’s Physician Shortage Crisis: Lessons For US Policy Makers

Sarah Kim et al.