We're one week out from #hdpalooza! This unique event will explore data-driven collaborations between health systems and public health. Check out this panel of experts! Register today to join us on September 16 and 17: academyhealth.org/page/2024-hdp-…

Thanks to our partners 🤝 at STAT for co-publishing this work! And if you're interested in diving deeper, you can listen to our series, Race to the Bottom, exploring the history and evolution of the generic drug industry 🎧 tradeoffs.org/racetothebotto…

Important context for this issue is new Treasury data showing centrality of ACA as a source of coverage - especially for small business owners and self-employed. washingtonpost.com/health/2024/09…

Great read re: important demographic trends and how they will affect us. aapss.org/fellows-corner…

Home health care is a huge unmet need that affects almost everyone at some point.

For those who wondered "What could go wrong with vertical integration in health care?"

DE tries to take it to the next level but big lawsuit may be impediment. Delaware Takes Bold Action to Improve Health Care Affordability milbank.org/2024/10/delawa… DE

Lots at stake if enhanced APTCs are allowed to expire. Check out new zip code level data. The enhancement of premium tax credits (PTCs) has had a dramatic effect on the affordability of coverage in the ACA marketplace. rwjf.org/en/insights/ou…

@JohnArnoldFndtn linkedin.com/posts/yubin-pa… The PE infiltration is already at the core of non-profit health

Sobering that eyes have been on this hospital for years and as noted, relatively little has changed. Reed Abelson

You can see how the end of enhanced ACA subsidies would impact a 50-year old in your zip code here - rwjf.org/en/insights/ou…

ACA is major source of coverage in rural states. For Farmers Who Depend on Affordable Care, What’s Next? | Civil Eats. civileats.com/2024/11/12/far…

A little change between the couch cushions for the MA plans. Nice to get a number on this. beckerspayer.com/payer/medicare…

Tough take on MA strategies by WSJ. Pretty convenient for plans if sickest enrollees feel like they have to leave to get care. The Sickest Patients Are Fleeing Private Medicare Plans—Costing Taxpayers Billions - WSJ wsj.com/health/healthc…

Health insurance "high risk pools" are back in the news. RWJF's Katherine Hempstead and Wakely's Michael Cohen are out with a super timely and helpful analysis of how such a change would impact insurance markets: rwjf.org/en/insights/ou…

Medicaid fuels US coverage of Novo, Lilly weight-loss drugs | Reuters reuters.com/business/healt…

⁦Bob Herman⁩ digs into fact that new admin will have to own big coverage loss if expanded PTCs are permitted to lapse. statnews.com/2024/11/18/aca…

"Allowing these credits to expire will force families to choose between health care and other necessities like housing and food," said Katherine Hempstead, senior policy adviser RWJF. usnews.com/news/health-ne…

I am leaving this once-great space, but would love to stay in touch. I can be found at linkedin.com/in/khempstead/ Coach.bsky.social [email protected]

Should California homeowners in areas with high wildfire risks move? Katherine Hempstead Katherine Hempstead, author of “Uncovered: The Story of Insurance in America,” wonders if this is a possibility. bit.ly/40Tfpbd #CaliforniaWildfire #insurance