Dear John,

This week, we released our Health Affairs Highlights of 2025 which highlighted some of our favorite pieces of content across our organization for 2025.

Consumer Debt, Race, And Health: Can Debt Relief Be A Solution For Reducing Racial Health Disparities?

In a Health Policy Brief released this week, Fenaba R. Addo explores how consumer debt is linked to health outcomes and disparities, and emerging evidence highlights areas where policy action and further research could improve equity.

Request For Submissions: Age-Friendly Health Series

Health Affairs is refreshing its series on Age-Friendly Health with a new cycle of papers that will run through June 30, 2028.

The overarching goal of the series is to improve care for older adults by helping to guide the federal, state, and local policy agenda through empirical studies and thoughtful, incisive commentary.

We are grateful to The John A. Hartford Foundation for its support for our ongoing coverage of these topics since 2015.

The Latest on Drug Policies

Join Health Affairs on January 21 from 1:30 pm – 2 pm ET for an exclusive Insider virtual event exploring the latest drug policies with the University of Utah’s Joey Mattingly.

Mattingly will join Health Affairs’ Laura Tollen to get Insiders up to speed on the latest drug policy developments and what to expect later in 2026.

Become an Insider today to get exclusive access to this event.

Beyond the Numbers: Insights From The 2027 Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Cycle

Kristi Martin and Rachel Sachs

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

In Public Health, Non-Governmental Actors Are Rising To Meet The Moment

Karen Hacker and Anne Morris Reid

Do Medicare’s IPAY 2027 Negotiated Drug Prices Reflect Value For Money?

Peter J. Neumann et al.

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

Health Affairs Highlights Of 2025

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No Clear Front-Runner To Extend ACA Subsidies

Lindsey Murtagh et al.

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

The Law That Saved America’s Vaccines—And That Secretary Kennedy Is Trying To Destroy

Ted Kennedy, Jr. and Richard Hughes IV

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

More from Forefront

• Graduate Loan Caps Put Advanced Nursing Education—And Access To Care—At Risk
• Ensure Access To Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy In State ADAP Formularies
• Hospitals’ Expanding Pursuit Of Nonclinical Revenue
• The Cure Hepatitis C Act Of 2025: Critical Questions And Policy Design Considerations