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Health Affairs Scholar - December 2025

The December edition of Health Affairs Scholar features research on industry payments linked to FDA-approved AI medical devices, strategies to rebuild public health policy and advocacy capacity, barriers to health care access during incarceration and more.

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Editor’s Choice

Characteristics of state waivers to establish nutritional restrictions in the supplemental nutrition assistance program

Benjamin W Chrisinger

Research Articles

Gatekeeping wellbeing: healthcare copayments while incarcerated as a barrier to good health

Carolyn Camplain et al.

Characterizing industry payments for FDA-approved AI medical devices

Alon Bergman et al.

Brief Reports

Medicaid’s role in critical care after Medicaid expansion: evidence from Virginia

Sarah J Marks et al.

Policy Inquiry

Securing independence in global health oversight- the OPEN framework

Nina Schwalbe et al.

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