As part of Health Affairs' commitment to supporting and raising awareness of disabilities and health, we will launch a video
component, as well as unique artwork and digital assets, alongside the research to set the foundation of the issue.
We invite participants to submit their responses to the proposals for video production and artwork and digital assets by July 15.
In
conjunction with this issue, the Narrative Matters section of Health Affairs is holding a poetry contest. The contest is open until July 25. We are looking for well-crafted poems that touch on topics related to disability and health, by writers with lived experience of
disability.
What's New At Health Affairs
Earlier this week, ourHealth Affairs Today newsletter featured a guest essay by William Feldman of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Feldman and colleagues recently published an overview on inhaler patents and regulatory exclusivities in Health Affairs.
In the essay, Feldman reflects on his experinece as a fellow in pulmonary and critical care medicine in 2017.
During his fellowship, he realized there were no generic inhalers for asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on the US market, and recalls a common concern his patients had regarding the price of inhalers.
Feldman's essay examines inhaler patents and the limited
number of generics in the market.
He considers several ideas for reform that might help, and points to two accompanying perspectives—one by Robin Feldman and the other by Scott Hemphill and Bhaven Sampat—that lay out further ideas and help put the topic into context.
Sign up for the Health Affairs Todaynewsletter for more essays like this, or consider becoming a Health Affairs Insider for curated newsletters on topics like health reform and health equity.
Following this week's Supreme Court ruling, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade, here are some recent Health Affairs content on different aspects of the law, and some implications of today’s decision.
Two studies from the April issue of Health Affairs journal:
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.
In an episode of This Week, Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Kathleen Haddad discuss the White House's executive order on LGBTQI+ equality and its impact on health care.
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Excursion: Andy Slavitt
Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief interview Andy Slavitt, co-founder of both United States of Care and Town Hall Ventures and former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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