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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.
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    • 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.
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    • 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.
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    • 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.
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    • 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.
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    • 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.
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    • 29 min

Customer Reviews

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36 Ratings

36 Ratings

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Primary care and behavioral health

Nice piece on 2/14! So important to integrate this effectively. Long way to go, but value based payment incentives need to structured to strengthen.

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Love the show - very accessible, and great research highlighted!

I’m a huge fan of this show - appreciate the accessibility of the podcast for those who might not have budget for an HA subscription. Really appreciate the diversity of guests and topics covered.

I know this research base is more limited than populations of Medicare Advantage enrollees, but would love to see some highlighting of studies and research that HA has published around Medicaid managed care plans and enrollees (or health plan enterprises’ large scale approaches to serving their various state markets). Thank you!

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