How might the U.S. build a more just and inclusive political economy for health? Podcast on paper series published in #HAScholar Health Affairs healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hp2…

Way to go UCSF School of Pharmacy colleagues!

Read the latest TRANSPERS news on Payer Decision-Making, Patient-Centered Genomics, and more conta.cc/4cRXl5x

Health Affairs Scholar #HAScholar Health Affairs is delighted to publish the 1st article in its ongoing series with the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review ICER: “Insights from ICER: Drug Policy and Beyond”. ICER's work is widely disseminated & highly influential!

Health Affairs Scholar #HAScholar Health Affairs is delighted to publish today interviews with 2 "giants" in health policy: Rob Califf @robcaliff.bsky.social and Mark McClellan Duke-Margolis @dukemargolis.bsky.social.

Rob Califf notes the need for fundamental shifts toward prevention-focused, community-based healthcare, and addressing critical vulnerabilities in pharmaceutical supply chains and misinformation. academic.oup.com/healthaffairss…

Mark McClellan notes the rapid evolution of the Medicare program and need for reforms and legislation that can address the challenges for both Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare as the former continues to rapidly grow. academic.oup.com/healthaffairss…

Important study not only re Medicaid but also see ratings of cost per life saved across interventions - eye-opening! As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives nytimes.com/2025/05/16/hea…

Our study found review & publication times across health policy journals often missing or murky, with wide variability. Need more transparency, standardization, & analysis of how to achieve fast dissemination but also high quality. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals washingtonpost.com/health/2025/05…

Good summary of key issues. Cancer drugs cost more than ever, but some blockbuster treatments have never proven they keep patients alive longer bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-… via @bbgvisualdata

#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/healthaffairss…

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Excited that our National Academies report on aligning spending w/ therapeutic needs - after a year of work - is being released! National Academies Webinar 7/15 - register here. nationalacademies.org/event/45333_07…

Wow big changes Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers nature.com/articles/d4158…

Read the latest TRANSPERS news on Cost-Effectiveness and Equity, Awards, Arctic Adventures, and more conta.cc/3H95Pty

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/health…

Honored to be interviewed: " Health economist. Policy innovator. Thought leader in precision medicine" .pharmacy.ucsf.edu/news/2025/07/s…

Excited to see this paper published in #HAScholar Health Affairs!

Excited to announce that a TRANSPERS paper on expedited approvals and guidelines has been published Kathryn A Phillips PhD UCSF_TRANSPERS sciencedirect.com/science/articl…