Dear John,

Join Health Affairs Wednesday September 3 for a virtual event where authors discuss their major findings and insights from the September theme issue on opioids.

Volume 3, Issue 8 of Health Affairs Scholar explores income-related disparities in health, the relationship between abortion policies and maternal mortality, trends in hospital administrative costs, the impact of free school meals, and more.

Editor's Choice

A cross-country analysis of the effects of spousal migration on health care access for families left behind 

Heidi West et al.

The relationship between state-level abortion policy and maternal mortality in the United States: a scoping review 

Gaia Zori et al.

Inequities in weathering California wildfires 

Michelle S Wong et al.

Research Articles

Income-related disparities in the value of health care in South Korea 

Sungchul Park et al.

This paper is part of an ongoing collection on Global Aging

Universal free school meals and child body mass index: impact among children in community-based health care organizations 

Jessica C Jones-Smith et al.

Brief Reports

Workforce impact of emergency department boarding 

Vicki Norton et al.

This paper is part of an ongoing series on emergency department boarding

Published Today

Braidwood’s Double-Edged Sword And The Dismantling Of Preventive Care

Richard Hughes IV and Carmel Shachar

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

To Promote Health Through Wearables, Embed Them In New Payment Models

Joshua M. Liao

The Current Opioids Policy Landscape & What’s Ahead

Join Health Affairs September 17 for a free virtual event with Brendan Saloner and Joshua Sharfstein discussing the current opioids policy landscape and what lies ahead.