A Health Podyssey

Dec 10 2024 216 ep. 26 mins 238

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Each week, Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil brings you in-depth conversations with leading researchers and influencers shaping the big ideas in health policy and the health care industry. A Health Podyssey goes beyond the pages of the health policy journal Health Affairs to tell stories behind the research and share policy implications. Learn how academics and economists frame their research questions and journey to the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Health policy nerds rejoice! This podcast is for you.

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Research and Justice For All: Insight Garden Program Connects Incarcerated Populations with Nature

Dec 10 2024 39 mins

Guest: Andrew Winn, Executive Director, Insight Garden ProgramRhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Andrew Winn from the Insight Garden Program about the relationship between the environment and people in incarcerated spaces and access to nature as a human right.This season is sponsored by Deloitte.Learn more about Deloitte's work with Dr

Craig Pollack on Low Income Housing Tax Credits

Dec 09 2024 16 mins

A Health Podyssey is taking a holiday break. We will return to regular production on January 14, 2025.Until that time, enjoy a special series we created on our other podcast, Health Affairs This Week. In this special series, Rob Lott gets an update on health policy briefs surrounding the release of our theme issue on housing and health, which was released in February of this year.I

Research and Justice For All: Thread Unites Community & Combats Childhood Loneliness

Dec 03 2024 44 mins

Guest: Sarah Hemminger, Co-Founder and CEO, ThreadRhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Sarah Hemminger of Thread about social isolation and wellbeing, particularly for young people. They discuss innovative ways to connect people and achieve transformational change. This season is sponsored by Deloitte.Learn more about Deloitte's work wit

Corianne Scally Gives an Overview on Housing and Health

Dec 03 2024 16 mins

A Health Podyssey is taking a holiday break. We will return to regular production on January 14, 2025.Until that time, enjoy a special series we created on our other podcast, Health Affairs This Week. In this special series, Rob Lott gets an update on health policy briefs surrounding the release of our theme issue on housing and health, which was released in February of this year.I

Research and Justice For All: Fenway Health Advances LGBTQIA+ Health Efforts Through Workforce Education

Nov 26 2024 50 mins

Guest: Alex Keuroghlian, Director, Division of Education and Trainings, The Fenway Institute, Fenway HealthRhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Alex Keuroghlian from Fenway Health about the role that identity plays in the health care workforce. They also discuss best practices for creating safe spaces of care for LGBTQIA+ populations and

Richard Hughes IV on States' Response to Federal Vaccine Recommendations for Schools

Nov 25 2024 21 mins

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Richard Hughes IV of Epstein Becker Green and George Washington University about his recent paper that reviewed school-entry vaccine policies on a state level and observed how the responses to federal recommendations varied.Order the November 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely av

Research and Justice For All: Washington Housing Conservancy Shapes Health via Housing Reform

Nov 19 2024 45 mins

Guest: Kimberly Driggins, Executive Director, Washington Housing ConservancyRhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Kimberly Driggins from the Washington Housing Conservancy about the connections between housing security, economic mobility, and health outcomes. They also explore what it will take to reinvent an equitable, anti-racist housin

Jared Walker on Eliminating Your Medical Debt

Nov 18 2024 23 mins

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jared Walker of Dollar For about his recent paper that explores the widely varying criteria amongst US nonprofit hospitals to determine who qualifies for free and discounted charity care.Order the November 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it th

Research and Justice For All: Dion's Chicago Dream Fights Food Insecurity One Meal At A Time

Nov 12 2024 43 mins

Guest: Dion Dawson, Chief Dreamer and CEO, Dion's Chicago DreamIn the first episode of the second season of Research and Justice For All, host Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Dion Dawson from Dion's Chicago Dream about innovative ways to address food insecurity. They also explore the nonprofit industrial complex and the systemic lin

Leemore Dafny Joins Our 200th Episode

Nov 11 2024 37 mins

Welcome to the 200th episode of A Health Podyssey!For our 200th episode, Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil invites Leemore Dafny of the Harvard Business School back to the program to discuss vertical integration in the health care sector, observations on what impacts it may have on the future state of markets, and what the regulatory response has been so far.Dafny joined us