Dear John,

ICYMI, Liz Fowler from CMMI appeared on A Health Podyssey to discuss the future of health care payments, CMMI's specialty care strategy, mandatory models versus voluntary alternative payment models, CMS' newly proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2025, and more!

Today's Featured Articles

From the Journal: Estimating The Effects Of COVID-19 On Globalized Markets For Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Melissa Barber et al.

Forefront: Building A “Birthing-Friendly” Nation

Carly C. Tymm et al.

Forefront: Loper Bright And The Death Of Deference In The Administration Of Health Policy

Wendy E. Parmet

More on Global Health

• Controlling Spending For Health Care And Long-Term Care: Japan’s Experience With A Rapidly Aging Society by Naoki Ikegami and Thomas Rice
• Effect Of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions On COVID-19 Cases And Deaths In Brazil by Louise B. Russell et al.
• A Health Podyssey: Tse Yang Lim on How Different Societal Responses Elicited Very Different Mortality Rates During COVID-19

Each summer at Health Affairs, we get to hear from readers about what it means to live their best health wonk life.

With that in mind, we were thrilled at the responses to our second annual You’re a Health Policy Wonk If… contest.

We received 87 submissions, but in the end there can only be one winner. See more entries below!

FYI, from July 16-20, we are having a flash sale on Health Affairs Insider membership. Use the code HealthWonkLife for $30 off the normal Insider price.

Thanks to everyone who submitted!