Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Beth Beaudin-Seiler and coauthors argue that, through strategies such as the use of real-world data, we can gain a better understanding of the value of health care resources across the entire spectrum of care, including procedures, screenings, and other services.

Yuna Lee and Ingrid Nembhard write that while COVID-19 brought much devastation, it also showed the creative potential of the health care industry to address serious problems.

Peter Nelson discusses how President Biden’s proposed regulatory fix to the so-called family glitch in the Affordable Care Act contravenes the relevant statutory provisions.

Doug Badger argues Congress alone has the institutional capacity to weigh the upsides and downsides of "fixing" the "family glitch" and the constitutional authority to amend the statute.

Rachel Sachs delves into the Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act, which would provide the Food and Drug Administration with greater authority to regulate diagnostic tests.

Elevating Voices: Pride Month: As part of the Borders, Immigrants & Health theme issue, C. Nicholas Cuneo and coauthors examine data about people seeking asylum in the US from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras who presented to a medical clinic in Boston.

The authors find a total of 5.3 percent of their sample identified as LGBTQ and that the most common type of asylum claim was based on membership in a particular social group, such LGBTQ identity.