Dear John,

This issue of Health Affairs includes the annual national health expenditure projections from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

The issue features papers on rural hospitals, various aspects of maternal and child health, as well as a tribute to our founding editor, John K. Iglehart, who passed away last month.

H E A L T H   S P E N D I N G

National Health Expenditure Projections, 2024–33: Despite Insurance Coverage Declines, Health To Grow As Share Of GDP

Sean P. Keehan et al.

R U R A L   H O S P I T A L S

Mixed Evidence That Rural Hospitals’ Finances Improved With Participation In The Pennsylvania Rural Health Model

Paula Chatterjee et al.

Factors Influencing Rural Hospitals’ Decisions To Join An Alternative Payment Model: A Mixed-Methods Study

Kimberly J. Rak et al.

M A T E R N A L   A N D   C H I L D   H E A L T H

Obstetric Care Access Declined In Rural And Urban Hospitals Across US States, 2010–22

Katy Backes Kozhimannil et al.

Maternal Contact With Child Protective Services Associated With Less Postpartum Care In Wisconsin, 2010–19

Nicole Kovski et al.

Connecticut’s Novel Prenatal Substance Exposure Policy Is Associated With Declining CPS Reports And Foster Placements

Margaret Lloyd Sieger et al.

Paula Chatterjee on Rural Hospital Finances Under Pennsylvania's Health Model

Modernizing The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Part 1: The Role Of A Technical Expert Panel

Robert A. Berenson

Modernizing The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Part 2: Medicare Economic Index Updates

Stephen Zuckerman and Robert A. Berenson

Modernizing The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Part 3: Adding A Lookback To Budget Neutrality

Kevin J. Hayes and Robert A. Berenson

With Budget Reconciliation Bill Enacted, Health Care Changes Loom

Katie Keith

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

When Public Data Disappear: What We Lose And Why It Matters

Aaron E. Carroll

US Health Care’s Looming Austerity Crisis

Sunas Gondi and Niyum Gandhi

It’s Time To Repeal The 190-Day Lifetime Limit On Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment

Imad M. Melhem et al.

Health Insurance Affordability: Balancing Premiums And Out-Of-Pocket Costs

Cori Uccello

Proposed Budget Cuts To Narcan Programs Dangerously Misunderstand Public Health Aims

Radheesh Ameresekere

340B w/ Sayeh Nikpay

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Nikpay joins Health Affairs’ Jessica Bylander to get Insiders up to speed on 340B, what’s new with the program’s policy considerations, how that manifests itself beyond the halls of Congress, and what is on the table for new policy and/or implementation arrangements.

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