Sunday, January 15, 2023 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
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Medicaid Expansion, Behavioral Health & More
The latest issue of Health Affairs, released earlier this week, features research about the effects of Medicaid expansion, how the expanded Child Tax Credit affected adults’ mental health, the effects of behavioral health cost sharing, equity in health professionals’ education, COVID-19 mortality, and more.
This season, NYC Health + Hospitals' Michael Shen, a primary care doctor, explores safety-net hospitals, including how we pay for them and their role in caring for America's vulnerable populations. In this first episode, Shen looks at the closure of Hahnemann University Hospital.
Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Deepak Palakshappa, associate professor at Wake Forest School of Medicine, on his paper in the January 2023 issue examining the relationship between food insecurity and health care expenditures in families.
This Week:Leqembi & Health Equity In the first episode of the "Health Equity Corner" series on This Week, Health Affairs' Ryann Tanap and Vabren Watts discuss the latest from the health equity department and unpack what Leqembi, the newly approved Alzheimer's disease drug, could mean in the health equity space.
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