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Volume 2, Issue 10 of Health Affairs Scholar highlights paid leave policy expansions during COVID-19, the opioid industry’s use of evidence regarding prescription safety, telehealth utilization among Medicare Advantage populations, AI adoption in hospitals and much more.

Editor's Featured Papers

Learning from employer experiences with paid leave policy expansions during the COVID-19 pandemic

William H. Dow et al.

The opioid industry's use of scientific evidence to advance claims about prescription opioid safety and effectiveness

Ravi Gupta et al.

Also in the Issue

Exploring the geospatial variations in the public health workforce: implications for diversifying the supply of potential workers in governmental settings

Sezen O. Onal et al.

Primary care telehealth utilization by access-challenged populations in Medicare Advantage

Emily Boudreau et al.

Biopharmaceutical pipeline funded by venture capital firms, 2014 to 2024

So-Yeon Kang et al.

Assessing the feasibility and likelihood of policy options to lower specialty drug costs

Erin A. Taylor et al.

The impact of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act on HIV care continuum outcomes across the United States

Peter F. Rebeiro et al.

How are US hospitals adopting artificial intelligence? Early evidence from 2022

Redwan Bin Abdul Baten

Understanding the factors that impact federal rulemaking: a survey of former EPA regulators

Rachel J. Topazian et al.

Changes in hospital-supported substance use services across US nonprofit hospitals, 2015-2021

Cory E. Cronin et al.

The ACA Did Not Increase Spending Growth, So We Can Expand Coverage Further

Paul Hughes-Cromwick et al.

Project 2025’s Labor And Reproductive Health Policies: Implications For The Health Workforce

Emily Boudreau et al.

Health Care For Transgender People At Stake In US Supreme Court Case: US v Skrmetti

Sara Rosenbaum

Lawsuit Challenges Administration Requirements For Short-Term Limited Duration Plans

Zachary Baron

Chang(ing) Health Care: Bigger May Not Be Better, Just Necessary

Atul Grover and Jonathan B. Jaffery

What Should Be Done About Health Savings Accounts?

John C. Goodman

Prioritizing Children's Health In The 2024 Elections

Bruce Lesley and Glenn Flores

The Perfect Storm: Mitigating A Convergence Of Forces To Optimize Vaccination

Angela K. Shen

Naomi Zewde on the Equity Impacts Of High-Deductible Plans and Health Savings Accounts

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Naomi Zewde of the University of California, Los Angeles about her recent paper exploring how high-deductible health insurance plans may exacerbate racial and ethnic wealth disparities.

Health-Related State Ballot Measures On Deck This Election Season

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott back to the program to discuss the 2024 election on the state level with ballot initiatives focused on reproductive health, cannabis restrictions, Medicaid work requirements, and more.

Financial Integration of Medicare and Medicaid: Necessary But Not Sufficient