A Health Podyssey

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare.Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free.Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lott speaks to Sumedha Gupta of Indiana University about new research on the dementia care workforce and how clinician experiences vary across provider types. They examine what those differences could mean for access, diagnosis, and care as dementia prevalence increases in the years ahead.Order the October 2026 issue of Health Affairs.Sign up for our free Health Affairs newsletters to stay up to date on health policy news and analysis. Subscribe to Semafor Healthcare for free.

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare.Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free.This month marks a major milestone for Health Affairs. In October 2006, the Health Affairs Blog was launched as a new experiment in health policy dialogue. Twenty years later, that platform has evolved into Health Affairs Forefront, publishing hundreds of articles annually and serving as a leading venue for evidence-based analysis, commentary, and debate.On this special anniversary episode of A Health Podyssey, host Rob Lott sits down with Chris Fleming, Editor of Forefront, to reflect on two decades of growth, innovation, and influence. Together, they discuss the origins of the publication, its transformation from a fledgling blog into a respected policy forum, and the editorial principles that have guided its success.Sign up for our free Health Affairs newsletters to catch all the latest Forefront articles. Subscribe to Semafor Healthcare for free.

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare.Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free.A Health Podyssey host Rob Lott chats with Dr. Alister Martin, commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, about his path from emergency medicine to public health leadership, his vision for improving health outcomes across New York City, and how the city's lessons in public health can be applied to other locales. Their conversation explores the local response to federal health policy changes, efforts to protect Medicaid coverage and reduce medical debt, and the public health challenges shaping New York City's future.Sign up for our free Health Affairs newsletters to stay up to date on health policy news and analysis. Subscribe to Semafor Healthcare for free.

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare.Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free.Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lott speaks to Irene Papanicolas of Brown University about her recent paper examining how Americans contribute to health care financing through taxes, premiums, and out-of-pocket spending. The conversation explores differences in those contributions across income groups and insurance status, and considers the implications for health care affordability and financing policy.Order the September 2026 issue of Health Affairs.Sign up for our free Health Affairs newsletters to stay up to date on health policy news and analysis. Subscribe to Semafor Healthcare for free.

This episode is brought to you by Semafor Healthcare.Delivered weekly from David Lim, Semafor Healthcare connects the dots between decisions in government, business, and technology to reveal how they impact the future of healthcare. Each edition will provide the analysis you need to understand and stay ahead of a rapidly changing landscape. Subscribe for free.What happens when Medicare Advantage plans receive lower payments under a new risk adjustment model?Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lott speaks to Niru Ghoshal-Datta of the University of California, Berkeley about his recent paper exploring CMS’s updated Medicare Advantage risk adjustment model. They discuss how the policy change reduced payments to Medicare Advantage plans, had little effect on premiums and cost sharing, and led to modest reductions in some supplemental benefits Order the September 2026 issue of Health Affairs.Sign up for our free Health Affairs newsletters to stay up to date on health policy news and analysis. Subscribe to Semafor Healthcare for free.