Dear John,

Join us tomorrow for a live taping of A Health Podyssey with Yashaswini Singh about her paper in the March 2025 edition of Health Affairs. Host Rob Lott and Singh will take questions from the audience as well.

This event is free and open to all.

Today's Featured Articles

Estimated Savings From Extending Prescription Drug Inflationary Rebates To All Commercial Plans

Marissa B. Reitsma et al.

Bringing Systems Thinking To Drug Value Assessment

Gigi Hirsch et al.

More from our Eye on the IRA series

Small-Molecule Drugs Offer Comparable Health Benefits To Biologics At Lower Costs

Katherine A. Clifford et al. (November 2024)

Postapproval Innovation For Oncology Drugs And The Inflation Reduction Act

Henry Grabowski et al. (October 2024)

Is It Working? Evaluating The First Round Of Medicare Drug Price Negotiations

Laura Tollen (August 2024)

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Richard Leuchter on ED Underuse Among Disadvantaged Communities

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Richard Leuchter from the University of California Los Angeles on his recent paper that explores how socioeconomically disadvantaged groups may have underused emergency departments for non-avoidable visits.

Medicaid’s Uncertain Future

Join Health Affairs March 19 for a virtual event examining the potential policy and administrative changes surrounding the Medicaid program and what they may mean in terms of coverage, operations, and financing.

In addition, the panel will discuss interesting research questions that could be asked during this time.

From work requirements to state funding, the panel will share its perspective and give space to address questions from the audience.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Carmel Shachar, Harvard Law (Moderator)
• Jennifer Tolbert, KFF
• Edwin Park, Georgetown University
• Aditi Vasan, University of Pennsylvania