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Ingrid Gould Ellen on Housing Mobility and Health Jan 26, 2024

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In a special series on housing and health, Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Ingrid Gould Ellen from the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.

This is a special series leading up to the release of a theme issue on housing and health in February.

Pre-order the issue here.

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Eviction and Health: A Vicious Cycle Exacerbated by a Pandemic (Health Affairs)
Housing Mobility Programs and Health Outcomes (Health Affairs)
Gentrification and the Health of Legacy Residents (Health Affairs)

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Craig Pollack on Low Income Housing Tax Credits Jan 19, 2024

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In a special series on housing and health, Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Craig Pollack from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

This is a special series leading up to the release of a theme issue on housing and health in February.

Pre-order the issue here.

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Using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit to Fill the Rental Housing Gap (Health Affairs)

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Corianne Scally Gives an Overview on Housing and Health Jan 12, 2024

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In a special series on housing and health, Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Corianne Scally from the Urban Institute.

This is a special series leading up to the release of a theme issue on housing and health in February.

Pre-order the issue here.

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Housing and Health: An Overview of the Literature (Health Affairs)
Housing and Health: The Role of Inclusionary Zoning (Health Affairs)

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Behind the Pages: Global Lessons From COVID-19 Dec 08, 2023

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Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Margaret Saunders go behind the pages to discuss the latest theme issue from Health Affairs on Global Lessons From COVID-19.

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Health Policy 2023 Wrapped Dec 01, 2023

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Health Affairs's Leslie Erdelack and Rob Lott take cues from Spotify Wrapped to look back to the most important headlines from the first eleven months of 2023. They discuss Medicaid unwinding, drug price negotiations, life after Dobbs, Ozempic, artificial intelligence, COVID-19, affirmative action, and more.

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Maintaining Coverage Gains During Medicaid Unwinding (Health Affairs Forefront)
The Future Of COVID-19 Vaccine Development (Health Affairs Forefront)
Arriving At A Fair Price In The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program: Considerations From Other Countries (Health Affairs Forefront)
How Will The Executive Order On Artificial Intelligence Impact Health Care? (Health Affairs Forefront)
A Year After Dobbs: Diminishing Access To Obstetric-Gynecologic And Maternal-Fetal Care (Health Affairs Forefront)
T-Swift of stocks: Ozempic is unending markets, despite unknowns (Axios)
With affirmative action off the table, medical schools plan new diversity tactics (Stat News)
A roadblock to life-saving addiction treatment is gone. Now what? (NPR)

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The AI Executive Order and Why Health Care Should Care Nov 17, 2023

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Health Affairs' Ellen Bayer and Chris Fleming interview Harlan Krumholz from the Yale School of Medicine about President Biden's executive order on artificial intelligence and the implications for health care.

Read the "ahead-of-print" article: "A Systematic Review Of COVID-19 Misinformation Interventions: Lessons Learned"

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Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (White House)
How Will The Executive Order On Artificial Intelligence Impact Health Care? (Health Affairs Forefront)
Big Data And New Knowledge In Medicine: The Thinking, Training, And Tools Needed For A Learning Health System (Health Affairs)
The Challenge Of Federal Coverage And Payment For AI Innovation In Health Care (Health Affairs Forefront)

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Getting Personal: Racism and Health Equity Nov 03, 2023

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Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Vabren Watts chat about the latest developments from the health equity department at Health Affairs. They discuss a recent professional development event for authors, the second theme issue we published on racism and health, Native American Heritage Month, and more.

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Professional Development: Writing About Racism in Health Care (Health Affairs Events)
Private Sector Opportunities To Foster American Indian/Alaska Native Health Equity (Health Affairs Forefront)
A Black Woman’s Pandemic Birth Experience (Health Affairs)
Changing How The Health Care Workforce Sees Patients Like Me (Health Affairs)
How Funding Policy Maintains Structural Inequity Within Indigenous Community-Based Organizations (Health Affairs)

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Survey Says: Insurance Premiums Are Up Oct 27, 2023

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Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Marianne Amoss discuss the findings in KFF's new Employer Health Benefits survey. In the report, KFF finds that annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage will increase 7% on average this year.

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Health Benefits In 2023: Premiums Increase With Inflation And Employer Coverage In The Wake Of Dobbs (Health Affairs)
Incorrect Provider Directories Associated With Out-Of-Network Mental Health Care And Outpatient Surprise Bills (Health Affairs)
The Problem With Provider Directories (Health Affairs This Week)
Consistency of Physician Data Across Health Insurer Directories (JAMA)

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California Shares Insight Into Modern Health Care Workforce Relations Oct 20, 2023

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Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Michael Gerber discuss labor relations and news out of California, providing an update on the Kaiser Permanente workforce strike and how California will raise its minimum wage for health care workers to $25 an hour. So does California, so does the US?

Read the ahead-of-print article, "Health Benefits In 2023: Premiums Increase With Inflation And Employer Coverage In The Wake Of Dobbs."

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California sets $25 per hour minimum wage for healthcare workers (Healthcare Dive)
After historic strike, Kaiser Permanente workers win 21% raise over 4 years (NPR)
Addressing the healthcare staffing shortage (Definitive Healthcare)

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DTC Companies Double Down on Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Oct 13, 2023

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Health Affairs' Kathleen Haddad and Rob Lott discuss the recent news where direct-to-consumer companies continue to expand into the Medicare Advantage territory. They discuss Instacart launching a new grocery benefits and the news out of the HTLH conference in Las Vegas regarding a partnership between Uber and Optum.

Read the health policy brief on Water Insecurity and Population Health.

Listen to the final episode of the first series of Research and Justice For All.

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