Dear John,

Join us Tuesday, July 23, for a Health Affairs Journal Club meeting with author Kathleen L. Miller discussing the US Food and Drug Administration’s breakthrough therapy designation (BTD) program.

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Today's Featured Articles

From the Journal: The Road To Value Can’t Be Paved With A Broken Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Robert A. Berenson and Kevin J. Hayes

Forefront: Developing Drugs For A Developing Climate

David A. Simon and I. Glenn Cohen

More on Costs and Spending

• The Costs Of Disparities In Preventable Heart Failure Hospitalizations In The US South, 2015–17 by Andrew Anderson et al.
• Health Savings Accounts No Longer Promote Consumer Cost-Consciousness by Sherry A. Glied et al.
• A Health Podyssey: Anthony LoSasso on Insurer Market Power and Hospital Prices

Health Affairs Scholar is celebrating its one-year anniversary.

The digital journal published its first issue in July 2023 with a dedication to emerging policy trends and global health.

Its presence is growing. Cited by Congress and national media outlets like the New York Times, NPR, and the Los Angeles Times, Scholar has published papers on health care costs, access, quality, and equity. High-impact papers have included:

• Active Steps to Reduce Administrative Spending Associated with Financial Transactions in US Health Care
• Food and Drug Administration novel drug decisions in 2017: transparency and disclosure prior to and 5 years following approval
• Has the fall of Roe changed contraceptive access and use? New research from four US states offers critical insights

Read about Scholar’s first year from Editor-in-Chief Kathryn Phillips on Forefront.

Introducing the 2024 Cohort of Health Equity for Trainees!

These eight early-career researchers will be working with experienced Health Affairs authors and editorial staff for the next 18 months as they prepare manuscripts to be published in Health Affairs or another journal.