Overlooked health policy stories of 2020 - Part 1

Listen to Leslie Erdelack, Chris Fleming, and Rob Lott discuss some of health policy's overlooked stories thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a special extended episode of Health Affairs This Week, the group highlights the ACA turning 10, antitrust regulations, and environmental rollbacks.

Show Notes

The COVID-19 pandemic defined the majority of the year 2020. But it wasn't the only story to follow this year, especially in the field of health policy.

In a special extended episode of Health Affairs This Week (the first of two end-of-year episodes), Leslie Erdelack, Chris Fleming, and Rob Lott discuss some of the stories you may have missed in health policy if you focused most of your attention on the pandemic. The group highlights the Affordable Care Act turning 10, antitrust regulations, and environmental rollbacks.

Related Links:

• The Affordable Care Act Turns 10
• Consolidation of Providers Into Health Systems Increased Substantially, 2016-2018
• Hospital Prices Grew Substantially Faster Than Physician Prices For Hospital-Based Care in 2007-14

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Andrew Barnes wrote the theme music for Health Affairs This Week. He writes music under the name Fake Fever.

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Health Affairs This Week places listeners at the center of health policy’s proverbial water cooler. Join host Jeff Byers, editors from Health Affairs Publishing, and guests as they discuss health policy’s most pressing news and trends.