Dear John,

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Melissa Aldridge of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and James J. Peters Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center about her recent paper exploring the increasing trend of private equity acquisitions of hospices and how ownership structures still remain complex and opaque.

Health care and health policy continue to be talking points on both sides of the aisle leading into the 2024 presidential election. 

Food Insecurity Was Associated With Greater Family Health Care Expenditures In The US, 2016–17

Deepak Palakshappa et al. (January 2023)

Economic Well-Being And Health: The Role Of Income Support Programs In Promoting Health And Advancing Health Equity

Daniel M. Finkelstein et al. (December 2022)

Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Pandemic-Era Unemployment Insurance Access: Implications For Health And Well-Being

Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat et al. (November 2022)

Virginia Medicaid Expansion: New Members Report Reduced Financial Concerns During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Hannah Shadowen et al. (July 2022)

A Social-Return-On-Investment Analysis Of Bon Secours Hospital’s ‘Housing For Health’ Affordable Housing Program

Emmanuel Fulgence Drabo et al. (March 2021)

Theme Issue: Housing & Health / Vol. 43, No. 2

February 2024

Health Care's Role In Ending Homelessness

Vanessa Davis et al. (May 2024)

Embedding Equity In Financial Benchmarks: Changes To The Health Equity Benchmark Adjustment

Amol S. Navathe and Joshua M. Liao (September 2023)

Health, Income, & Poverty: Where We Are & What Could Help

Dhruv Khullar and Dave A. Chokshi (October 2018)

Jennifer Ng'andu on the Relationship Between Income and Health (December 2022)

The Next Wave Of Federal Food Aid For Children And Families (May 2021)

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Pointing Toward Hope: Next Steps For Perinatal Mental Health

Lauren Osborne

Advancing Equity through Accountable Care with Purva Rawal from the CMS Innovation Center

On October 17, 2024, join Health Affairs Senior Editor Margaret Winchester as she welcomes Purva Rawal, Chief Strategy Officer, CMS Innovation Center (CMMI), for a virtual Lunch and Learn event as part of our Forefront series, Accountable Care for Population Health, funded by Arnold Ventures.

Dr. Rawal will discuss strategies for addressing equity through accountable care models and policies, such as progress being made to improve care for more beneficiaries, incorporating data collection that supports whole-person care, and enhancing payment innovations to narrow disparities.