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Each week, Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil brings you in-depth conversations with leading researchers and influencers shaping the big ideas in health policy and the health care industry.

A Health Podyssey goes beyond the pages of the health policy journal Health Affairs to tell stories behind the research and share policy implications. Learn how academics and economists frame their research questions and journey to the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Health policy nerds rejoice! This podcast is for you.

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Each week, Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil brings you in-depth conversations with leading researchers and influencers shaping the big ideas in health policy and the health care industry.

A Health Podyssey goes beyond the pages of the health policy journal Health Affairs to tell stories behind the research and share policy implications. Learn how academics and economists frame their research questions and journey to the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Health policy nerds rejoice! This podcast is for you.

    Christopher Cai on Responding To Challenges Posed By Private Equity

    Christopher Cai on Responding To Challenges Posed By Private Equity

    Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Christopher Cai of Brigham and Women's Hospital on his recent paper that explores the challenges posed by private equity acquisitions in health care delivery and the opportunities for policy to protect patients in this new era of private equity provider ownership.
    Order the May 2024 issue of Health Affairs.
    Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

    • 23 min
    Christopher Hoover on How Vaccine Targeting in California Improved Equity

    Christopher Hoover on How Vaccine Targeting in California Improved Equity

    Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Christopher Hoover of California Department of Public Health on his recent paper that explores how California's COVID-19 vaccine equity policies helped to avert cases, deaths, and hospitalizations in affected communities.
    Order the May 2024 issue of Health Affairs.
    Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

    • 23 min
    Maeve Wallace on States’ Abortion Laws Associated With Intimate Partner Homicide Rates

    Maeve Wallace on States’ Abortion Laws Associated With Intimate Partner Homicide Rates

    Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Maeve Wallace of Tulane University on her recent paper that explores the association between states' abortion restrictions and higher intimate partner homicide rates.
    Order the May 2024 issue of Health Affairs.
    Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

    • 20 min
    Charles Stoecker on How Guaranteed Cash Incentives Boosted COVID-19 Vaccinations

    Charles Stoecker on How Guaranteed Cash Incentives Boosted COVID-19 Vaccinations

    Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Charles Stoecker of Tulane University on his recent paper that explored how guaranteed cash incentives helped boost COVID-19 vaccinations among young adults in West Virginia.
    Order the May 2024 issue of Health Affairs.
    Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

    • 21 min
    Alison Stuebe on Cultivating Vital Conditions For Perinatal Well-Being

    Alison Stuebe on Cultivating Vital Conditions For Perinatal Well-Being

    Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Alison Stuebe of University of North Carolina School of Medicine on her recent analysis paper exploring what steps to take to cultivate vital conditions for perinatal well-being and how this can lead to a sustained commitment to reproductive justice.
    Order the "Perinatal Mental Health & Well-Being" issue of Health Affairs.
    Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

    • 27 min
    Amy Stiffarm on Supporting Perinatal Mental Health Within Indigenous Communities

    Amy Stiffarm on Supporting Perinatal Mental Health Within Indigenous Communities

    Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Amy Stiffarm of Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: The Montana Coalition on her recent paper that explores strategies to support perinatal mental health by collaborating with tribal communities in Montana.
    Order the "Perinatal Mental Health & Well-Being" issue of Health Affairs.
    Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

    • 29 min

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