261 Episodes

  1. Nora Volkow on the Science, Stigma, and Future of Addiction Research

    Published: 9/9/2025
  2. Brendan Saloner Explains the Opioid Crisis & What Can Be Done

    Published: 9/2/2025
  3. Kenton Johnston on Value-Based Payment Clinician Participation Trends

    Published: 8/26/2025
  4. Cal Fang on Wage Gaps Between Nonprofit Hospital CEOs & Employees

    Published: 8/19/2025
  5. Steven Lieberman on The Meteoric Rise Of Medicare Advantage

    Published: 8/12/2025
  6. Jonathan Perlin on Today's Fight to Improve Health Care Quality & Standards

    Published: 8/5/2025
  7. Margaret Sieger on How a Novel Policy Shift Reduced Child Protective Services Reports & Foster Placements

    Published: 7/29/2025
  8. J. Wyatt Koma on the Latest Medicare Enrollment Patterns

    Published: 7/22/2025
  9. Bohan Li on Two Decades of Medicaid Managed Care Market Changes

    Published: 7/15/2025
  10. Paula Chatterjee on Rural Hospital Finances Under Pennsylvania's Health Model

    Published: 7/8/2025
  11. Uché Blackstock on The Multi-Faceted Policies to Achieve Health Equity

    Published: 7/1/2025
  12. Robert Burke on The Impact of Value-Based Purchasing Programs on Skilled Nursing Facilities

    Published: 6/24/2025
  13. MacKenzie Hughes on Health Outcomes and Costs Associated with Transitional Care

    Published: 6/17/2025
  14. Keith Drake on How Authorized Generics Shape Drug Competition

    Published: 6/10/2025
  15. Thomas Dobbs on the Backsliding of Public Health Funding, the Field's Current Career Potential, & Being Attached to That One Supreme Court Case

    Published: 6/3/2025
  16. Andrew Ryan on State Affordability Standards' Impact on Hospital Prices and Insurance Premiums

    Published: 5/27/2025
  17. The Digital Health Industry is So Back w/ Christina Farr | Health Affairs This Week

    Published: 5/26/2025
  18. Thomas Buchmueller on Prescription Coverage After Medicaid Unwinding

    Published: 5/20/2025
  19. Trump's Deregulation Era & The Big Budget Reconciliation's Health Care Impact w/ Katie Keith | Health Affairs This Week

    Published: 5/19/2025
  20. Caitlin Carroll on Hospital Closures Ultimately Causing Higher Prices

    Published: 5/13/2025

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Each week, Health Affairs' Rob Lott 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.