Dear John,

ICYMI, Steven M. Lieberman appeared on A Health Podyssey to discuss his recent paper that explores how Medicare Advantage has seen significant enrollment growth and what reform efforts can be attempted to rebalance traditional Medicare and MA.

This week, a recent Gallup data survey showed that adults in the US are consuming less alcohol as a result of shifting opinions on moderate consumption.

For Flashback Friday, let's take a look at research published by Health Affairs on the topic of alcohol use disorder.

Alcohol-Attributable Deaths Help Drive Growing Socioeconomic Inequalities In US Life Expectancy, 2000–18

Charlotte Probst et al. (August 2022)

The Economics Of Alcohol Abuse And Alcohol-Control Policies

Phillip J. Cook and Michael J. Moore (March 2002)

The Shifting Boundaries of Alcohol Policy

Diana Chapman Walsh (Summer 1990)

HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s Approach To Addiction Treatment Is Dangerously Flawed

Deirdre Dingman and Mary Ellen Mackesy-Amiti (May 2025)

Journal Club: “Alcohol-Attributable Deaths Help Drive Growing Socioeconomic Inequalities In US Life Expectancy”

Michael S. Gerber and Charlotte Probst (August 2022)

Today's Featured Articles

Power and Its Impact on Medicaid w/ Jamila Michener

In the wake of Medicare and Medicaid's 60th anniversary, Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Jamila Michener of Cornell University to the pod to discuss her recent Forefront article on organized power and its impact on the future of Medicaid.

Stop Relying On Urine Drug Testing As A Basis For Probation And Parole Revocation

Dylan Rose Balter et al.