When my NIH F31 grant was terminated in 2025, I wanted to understand how widespread these disruptions were. In a new paper, we show that 400+ predoctoral fellowships were affected, raising concerns about stability in early-career research support. doi.org/10.1093/hasc... #HAScholar @Health_Affairs

Medicaid Expansion for Undocumented Adults and its Association with Health Insurance Coverage among Noncitizens in California, 2017-2023 AbstractIntroduction. California's 4.8 million noncitizen adults, half of whom are undocumented, endure substantial exclusions from health care. To address

Years after CA expanded Medicaid to all, 1-in-5 noncitizens remain uninsured. 🏥 Despite purportedly high enrollment, our findings show these expansions had only a modest impact. CA must protect healthcare access regardless of immigration status. 👇
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Primary Care Provides Medication for Opioid Use Disorder: Findings from the HOMER study AbstractContext. Changes in regulations related to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) have expanded access to MOUD in primary care. However, there h

Primary care: An important source of care for people with opioid use disorder. #primarycare #HAScholar
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Public health challenges require policy action, yet many report they lack the skills to advocate effectively. Our ‘Health Affairs Scholar’ article lays out the case for rebuilding advocacy in the workforce. academic.oup.com/healthaffairsscholar/art...
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Characteristics of State Waivers to Establish Nutritional Restrictions in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program AbstractIntroduction. States have previously requested permission from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to implement food item restrictions within t

Next month, 9 states will add additional food restrictions to SNAP (with 3 more later in 2026). Will be important to watch how these get implemented and evaluated.

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@ritahamad.bsky.social is one of world's experts on this topic so very pleased that we could publish this collection! #HAScholar @Health_Affairs

Intersections of Social Policies and Health A collection of articles published by Health Affairs Scholar. Edited by Rita Hamad. This collection examines the effects of social policies on health; differen

I had the pleasure of curating a collection of articles for #HAScholar special collection on social policies & #health. The full collection is now freely available online, including articles on policy impacts, implementation barriers & more: academic.oup.com/healthaffair... @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social

Health Affairs Scholar Expands Its Reach with Fast-Tracked Peer Review and New Article Formats to Meet Today’s Needs William B Feldman, MD, DPhil, MPH, Kathryn A Phillips, PhD, Donald E Metz; Health Affairs Scholar Expands Its Reach with Fast-Tracked Peer Review and New A

Congrats to @wbfeldman.bsky.social Health Affairs Scholar Editorial Fellow #HAScholar @Health_Affairs for leading this article! academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

Health Affairs Scholar Expands Its Reach with Fast-Tracked Peer Review and New Article Formats to Meet Today’s Needs William B Feldman, MD, DPhil, MPH, Kathryn A Phillips, PhD, Donald E Metz; Health Affairs Scholar Expands Its Reach with Fast-Tracked Peer Review and New A

#HAScholar @Health_Affairs announces fast-track submission pathway and diverse and flexible article types that enable Health Affairs family to remain on cutting edge of evidence-based policy. Health Affairs Scholar Expands Its Reach to Meet Today’s Needs academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

The relationship between state-level abortion policy and maternal mortality in the United States: a scoping review AbstractIntroduction. The United States has a high rate of maternal mortality compared to similar countries. Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade and f

Editors Choice! #HAScholar @healthAffairs Relationship between state-level abortion policy and maternal mortality in the United States: a scoping review academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

Models attempting to quantify the relationship between drug development and financial return are missing a key element: the effect on post-approval research Abstract. Changes in biopharmaceutical policy, specifically the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), introduced administrative drug price setting in the U.S., pr

New in #HAScholar @Health_Affairs Models attempting to quantify the relationship between drug development and financial return are missing a key element: the effect on post-approval research academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

Social Policies as Determinants of Health: New Evidence, Ongoing Challenges, and Future Pathways Abstract. Despite acknowledgment that social and economic policies fundamentally shape health, persistent geographic and sociodemographic inequities in the

Timely overview of important topic by @ritahamad.bsky.social #HAScholar @Health_Affairs. Social Policies as Determinants of Health: New Evidence, Ongoing Challenges, and Future Pathways url: academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

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2 leading experts on scientific publication & former Editors-in-Chief @JAMA published commentary in #HAScholar @Health_Affairs on Administration's focus on “gold standard science” – its opportunities but also its challenges. academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

Drummond was great mentor to me...continuing his efforts now! Commentary from 2 experts on scientific publication & former Editors-in-Chief @JAMA in #HAScholar @Health_Affairs on Administration's focus on “gold standard science” – opportunities but also challenges. academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

Thrilled to publish this in #HAScholar @ Health Affairs. "So much is changing in the drug approval and pricing space, and in order to ensure affordability for patients and society,
policymakers should pay close attention to the merits of a U.S.-based value assessment approach

2 Years of impact, Health Affairs Scholar

🎂 Health Affairs Scholar marks its second anniversary by achieving indexing in leading indices, a preliminary Impact Factor, and more than 250,000 full text downloads in 2024.

Thanks to our community for your continued support! Learn more about #HAScholar: oxford.ly/3Jonj69

Article in The Hill cites Health Affairs Scholar #HAScholar @health_affairs study Bipartisan Senate price transparency bill can fix US health care thehill.com/opinion/heal...
Understanding health care price variation: evidence from Transparency-in-Coverage data url: academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

Two years of publishing: onward and upward Only 2 years ago, we launched the inaugural issue of Health Affairs Scholar: Emerging and Global Health Policy (HAS)—the first new journal in Health Affair

#HAScholar @Health_Affairs celebrates 2nd anniversary! Now in leading indices & w/ a preliminary impact factor, we provide rapid and high quality review & publication. > 250,000 full text downloads in 2024! Two years of publishing: onward and upward. academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

Congrats @lorenadler.bsky.social et al on study in #HAScholar @Health_Affairs - found increasing primary care market penetration by payers - has important implications. The Changing Landscape of Primary Care: An Analysis of Payer-Primary Care Integration - goo.gl/scholar/4H5xxw #ScholarAlerts

See new series in #HAScholar and also great quote about @icer-review.bsky.social in New England Journal of Medicine
"Increased influence of and demand for the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s cost-effectiveness evaluations of new technologies are evidence of this {value-based} shift.”

Health Affairs Scholar #HAScholar is delighted to publish interviews with 2 “giants” in health policy: Rob Califf @robcaliff.bsky.social and Mark McClellan @DukeMargolis @dukemargolis.bsky.social.

Indeed simple but important study in #HAScholar, the sister journal to Health Affairs

Institute for Clinical and Economic Review's role in the US health care system: Centering the patient perspective Abstract. Consequential health decisions in the United States are often made behind closed doors without input from patients and other critical stakeholder

#HAScholar @Health_Affairs is delighted to publish 1st article in ongoing series “Insights from ICER: Drug Policy and Beyond”. Emond and Fischer explore how @icer_review works to ensure that patient community voices and values are central in drug value assessments. bit.ly/4jLLw2W

New paper out in #HAScholar w/ Wendy Xu answering a simple but important question: What methods do patients use to schedule medical appointments? Short answer: mostly phone but also in-office and via online portals.

Full paper #OpenAccess
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Weighing the Environmental Impact of Colorectal Cancer Screening Methods Colorectal cancer screening saves lives—but how do common methods like colonoscopy and non-invasive screening methods compare in their environmental effects? With the healthcare sector being responsib...

Good podcast on paper published in #HAScholar @Health_Affairs
Weighing the Environmental Impact of Colorectal Cancer Screening Methods reachmd.com/programs/cli... via @ReachMD

Podcast: Elizabeth Popp-Berman on How the U.S. Can Build a Just Political Economy for Health | Health Affairs Podcast In a special podcast episode, Health Affairs Scholar Associate Editor Loren Adler interviews Elizabeth Popp-Berman about the Health and Political Economy series of papers recently published in Health ...

How might the U.S. build a more just and inclusive political economy for health? Podcast on paper series published in #HAScholar @Health_Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/h...

New article out in Health Affairs Scholar with a great group of co-authors led by Jane Zhu providing a novel view on provider networks & adequacy from the carrier perspective

Medicaid managed care organizations' experiences with network adequacy

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Health and Political Economy How we organize our political economy has profound implications for our health. Americans experience worse outcomes than those living in peer nations — from sho

How we organize our political economy shapes our health. #HAScholar @Health_Affairs Health and Political Economy series explores solutions—from social insurance to community care.
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Thrilled that @icer-review.bsky.social has new collaboration with our journal #HAScholar @Health_Affairs to publish paper series “Insights from ICER: Drug Policy and Beyond.” Health Affairs Scholar, a journal of emerging and global health policy. Stay tuned for more information!

Publishers Face Antitrust Lawsuit with Potential Implications for Peer Review, Duplicate Submission, and Dissemination Practices Unstructured Abstract. Scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publishers follow three basic tenets: [1] no compensation for peer reviewers; [2] manuscrip

Timely article in #HAScholar @Health_Affairs Publishers Face Antitrust Lawsuit with Potential Implications for Peer Review, Duplicate Submission, and Dissemination Practices academic.oup.com/healthaffair...