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Today's Featured Articles

Low- And Middle-Income Countries Experienced Delays Accessing New Essential Medicines, 1982–2024

Olivier J. Wouters and Jouni Kuha

A Recipe For Successful Food Is Medicine Programs: Food Plus People

Olivia Thomas et al.

A Cautionary Note On Food Is Medicine

Jody L. Sindelar

More on Global Health Policy

Controlling Spending For Health Care And Long-Term Care: Japan’s Experience With A Rapidly Aging Society

Naoki Ikegami and Thomas Rice (June 2023)

Health Insurance Coverage In Low- And Middle-Income Countries Remains Far From The Goal Of Universal Coverage

Simiao Chen et al. (August 2022)

Pushy Patients Or Pushy Providers? Effect Of Patient Knowledge On Antibiotic Prescribing In Tanzania

Jessica King et al. (June 2022)

Return On Investment From Immunization Against 10 Pathogens In 94 Low- And Middle-Income Countries, 2011–30

So Yoon Sim et al. (August 2020)

Community & State is the business segment of UnitedHealthcare that provides health care coverage for the economically disadvantaged, the medically underserved and those without the benefit of employer-funded health plans. These state-based health plans meet local needs, while leveraging the national resources of UnitedHealthcare.

“Low- And Middle-Income Countries Experienced Delays Accessing New Essential Medicines”

Join Health Affairs October 21 for a virtual event examining the timing of new drug launches in low-, middle-, and high-income markets from 1982 to 2024.

This event is for Health Affairs Insiders only.

Call for Abstracts: Research and Policy Insights about the Opioid Crisis

Health Affairs is planning a theme issue on research and policy insights about the opioid crisis, to be published in September of 2025.

We invite all interested authors to submit abstracts for consideration for this
issue.

Our submission portal for abstracts will open on November 12, 2024.

In order to be considered, abstracts must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM Eastern time (U.S.), December 2, 2024.

We will focus on policy strategies and research that models the impact of interventions on the opioid epidemic across several interrelated domains, including:

• Prevention,
• Harm reduction,
• Treatment, and
• Recovery support.

Employer-sponsored health insurance is the largest source of coverage in the US, covering approximately 154 million nonelderly people as of 2022.

In an ahead-of-print article released today, Gary Claxton and coauthors explore what are employer strategies for covering GLP-1 agonists, mental health, substance use, and other family benefits as premiums continue to increase.