The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
September 5,
2021
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Read on for highlights from Health Affairs this week.
What's New In Health Affairs
This week we featured Health Affairs’ Back-To-School Essentials for future health policy leaders studying the field.
See below for recommended essentials from Katie Keith, an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and contributing editor at Health Affairs.
This week on Health Affairs Blog, Henry Waxman, former chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Autumn Ehnow discussed why the US Food and Drug Administration should explore new ways to encourage trial sponsors to include more diverse study participants.
In a sponsored post by McKinsey & Company, Stephanie Carlton and colleagues share insights on the "public option."
If you’re a regular reader of Health Affairs Blog, you know I read. A
lot—on all things Affordable Care Act. On the occasion that my professional reading isn’t crowding out my personal reading, here are a few of my recent favorite reads or podcast episodes:
An obvious choice, I know. But how could this incredible political history of the ACA not make the list? If you won’t take my word for it, check out thisreview from my mentor and friend Tim Jost, who called Cohn’s book "the most readable and comprehensive history of the ACA yet available."
I am admittedly still working my way through Heather McGhee’s tour de force on the costs of
racism and inequality in America. Access to health care (or rather the lack thereof) is featured throughout the book, and McGhee seamlessly weaves data and research into her own story and the stories of people all across the country in this must-read book.
I’m not much of a podcast listener (except for A Health Podyssey and Tradeoffs, of course!) but I loved this recent episode of The Ezra Klein Show featuring science writer Annie Murphy Paul. Paul explains that our brain is not a machine. Listen and you’ll learn why I have my camera off so I can walk during a meeting or occasionally fidget while speaking on panels.
I picked up this book after reading a review saying that it was okay—and even great!—to (nicely) rock the boat at work and at home. Through her research on group dynamics, Nemeth provides a unique perspective on how dissent can lead to better decisions and should be encouraged among leaders.
I have read and reread this powerful Health Affairs Blog post and often share it with the physicians in my
life. It is a stark reminder of how bias is built into the very fabric of the practice of medicine—and what medical societies can and should be doing to address historic and persistent racism in health care.
Julian Harris On The Connection Between Unmet Social Needs And Health Care Costs
In our first special Excursion episode, Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Julian Harris, CEO of ConcertoCare. The two discuss social determinants of health, the connection between unmet social needs and health care costs, how COVID-19 affected health equity, why the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is special, and more.
On the Texas Abortion Ban Decision, Medicare's Insolvency & More with Katie Keith
Listen to Health Affairs' Chris Fleming and Katie Keith discuss
the latest on the Affordable Care Act, the Texas abortion ban Supreme Court decision, and Medicare's projected insolvency.
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