Dear John,

Join Health Affairs September 3 for a virtual event where authors discuss their major findings and insights from Health Affairs’ September theme issue on opioids.

This week, a recent survey of employers by the Business Group on Health supported a financial forecast of increases to annual healthcare costs, the largest seen in more than a decade.

For Flashback Friday, let's take a closer look at what Health Affairs has published on the topic of private health insurance.

Providers Paid Substantially Less By Marketplace Nongroup Insurers Than By Employer Small-Group Plans, 2021

Caroline Hanson et al. (November 2024)

Health Benefits In 2023: Premiums Increase With Inflation And Employer Coverage In The Wake Of Dobbs

Gary Claxton et al. (October 2023)

Out-Of-Network Spending Mostly Declined In Privately Insured Populations With A Few Notable Exceptions From 2008 To 2016

Zirui Song et al. (June 2020)

Stairway To Hell (With Apologies To Led Zeppelin)

William Kramer (November 2018)

Aditi Sen on The Mirage of Employer Health Care Price Negotiation

September 2023

Today's Featured Articles

The Politics & Business of mRNA Vaccine Investment Cuts

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Kathleen Haddad back to the pod to take a look at recent news that HHS terminated 22 mRNA projects. The two explore the agency's reasoning, political and Wall Street reactions, and what it could mean for health care innovation.

ACA Marketplace Rule, Part 3: EHB Changes, DACA Eligibility, Agent And Broker Standards, And Litigation

Katie Keith

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

In Post-Roe America, Reimagining Reproductive Care Through Digital Health

Ikaasa Suri and Ariella Goldman

A National Action Plan To Strengthen Support For Informal Caregivers

Kate Freeman et al.

Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector: Independent Dispute Resolution

Join Health Affairs Tuesday August 26 for an open access virtual event examining takeaways from the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) public use files and related litigation from Jack Hoadley and his team at Georgetown University.

Confirmed speakers include Katie Keith, Kennah Watts, Katie Berge, Lindsey Murtagh, Troy Oeschsner, and Patrick Pinnell.