Best California Workforce Association Podcasts (2024)

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LIVE from Aspen Ideas: Debra Whitman on Aging and "The Second Fifty" 25:43

1d ago25:43

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Live from Aspen Ideas: Health! Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Debra Whitman, chief public policy officer of AARP, to discuss her upcoming book "The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of Midlife and Beyond" and how she was driven to research questions like …

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Renee Hsia on Inequities in Cardiac Intervention Availability 27:10

8d ago27:10

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Renee Hsia of the University of California San Francisco on her recent paper that explores the structural inequities in the adoption of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) services by US hospitals. Order the July 2024 issue of Hea…

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Ross Brownson on The Path to Public Health Transformation 26:11

16d ago26:11

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Ross Brownson of Washington University on his recent paper that details the path towards a transformed public health system and how a focus on social determinants of health and partnerships with diverse sectors can help overcome challe…

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Nir Menachemi on How States Can Actually Invest in Public Health 31:30

22d ago31:30

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Nir Menachemi of Indiana University on his recent paper that explores how Indiana increased their public health spending, the resulting legislative victories, and how this approach to strengthening funding could offer insights to other…

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Cory Cronin on Hospitals’ Needs Assessments & Community Health In Ohio 27:06

29d ago27:06

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Cory Cronin of Ohio University on his recent paper on identifying opportunities and understanding how to best align hospitals’ needs assessments and community health In Ohio. Order the "Reimagining Public Health" issue of Health Affair…

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Chelsey Kirkland on Building New Models for the Public Health Workforce 23:04

1M ago23:04

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Chelsey Kirkland of the University of Minnesota on her recent paper that explores the development of a new model for the governmental public health workforce in Minnesota. Order the "Reimagining Public Health" issue of Health Affairs. …

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Battling the Overdose Epidemic in Rural America With the Global Health Advocacy Incubator’s Libby Jones 33:19

1M ago33:19

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In this episode, Michael chats with Elizabeth “Libby” Jones, Program Director of the Global Health Advocacy Incubator’s Overdose Prevention Initiative (OPI). Together, they discuss OPI’s mission, what they’re working on now, differences between rural and urban issues surrounding the opioid crisis and overdose epidemic, what’s happening at the feder…

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Christopher Cai on Responding To Challenges Posed By Private Equity 24:26

1M ago24:26

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Christopher Cai of Brigham and Women's Hospital on his recent paper that explores the challenges posed by private equity acquisitions in health care delivery and the opportunities for policy to protect patients in this new era of priva…

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Christopher Hoover on How Vaccine Targeting in California Improved Equity 24:36

2M ago24:36

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Christopher Hoover of California Department of Public Health on his recent paper that explores how California's COVID-19 vaccine equity policies helped to avert cases, deaths, and hospitalizations in affected communities. Order the May…

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Maeve Wallace on States’ Abortion Laws Associated With Intimate Partner Homicide Rates 20:37

2M ago20:37

20:37

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Maeve Wallace of Tulane University on her recent paper that explores the association between states' abortion restrictions and higher intimate partner homicide rates. Order the May 2024 issue of Health Affairs. Currently, more than 70 …

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Charles Stoecker on How Guaranteed Cash Incentives Boosted COVID-19 Vaccinations 22:21

2M ago22:21

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Charles Stoecker of Tulane University on his recent paper that explored how guaranteed cash incentives helped boost COVID-19 vaccinations among young adults in West Virginia. Order the May 2024 issue of Health Affairs. Currently, more …

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E59: Beyond WIOA: How Workforce Boards are Transforming Their Role 47:29

2M ago47:29

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This episode explores the evolving role of workforce development boards in driving economic growth and community impact. Join hosts Bob Lanter and Matthew Hayes as they discuss the "Real Role of Workforce Boards" training with special guests from Solano and Madera Counties. Discover how these boards are moving beyond WIOA limitations to address bro…

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Alison Stuebe on Cultivating Vital Conditions For Perinatal Well-Being 27:58

2M ago27:58

27:58

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Alison Stuebe of University of North Carolina School of Medicine on her recent analysis paper exploring what steps to take to cultivate vital conditions for perinatal well-being and how this can lead to a sustained commitment to reprod…

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Amy Stiffarm on Supporting Perinatal Mental Health Within Indigenous Communities 30:18

3M ago30:18

30:18

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Amy Stiffarm of Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: The Montana Coalition on her recent paper that explores strategies to support perinatal mental health by collaborating with tribal communities in Montana. Order the "Perinatal Mental Hea…

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Jessica Harrison on Integrating Mental Health In Perinatal Care 24:40

3M ago24:40

24:40

Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jessica Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco on her recent paper that explores the perspectives of interprofessional clinicians and what the best approach is to integrating mental health into perinatal care. Order th…

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Tova Walsh on Fathers' Inclusion Within The Scope of Perinatal Mental Health 23:25

3M ago23:25

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Tova Walsh of the University of Wisconsin-Madison on her recent paper that explores perinatal mental health and the inclusion of fathers at the local, state, and national levels. Throughout their conversation, Walsh identifies recommen…

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Emily Dossett and Karen Tabb Dina on Perinatal Mental Health 32:57

3M ago32:57

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Emily Dossett of the University of Southern California and Karen Tabb Dina of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work about their roles as theme issue advisers for the April 2024 Health Affairs issue focuse…

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Amanda Chen on New CMS Nursing Home Ownership Data 25:06

4M ago25:06

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Amanda Chen of Harvard University on her recent paper that identifies major gaps and discrepancies in new CMS nursing home ownership data. From the insights provided by Chen and coauthors, they highlight that transparent ownership data…

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Courtney Baird on How County-Level Mandates Slowed COVID-19 Transmission 28:47

4M ago28:47

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Courtney Baird of Brown University on her recent paper that explores how county-level mandates were generally effective at slowing COVID-19 transmission. Through their research, Baird and coauthors discovered strong evidence for the ov…

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E58: Harnessing AI for Workforce Development: A Conversation with Wesley Brach 44:56

4M ago44:56

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Tune into another episode of CWA Today, as hosts Bob Lanter and Matthew Hayes are joined by entrepreneur and AI expert Wesley Brach to discuss the exciting world of artificial intelligence and its impact on workforce development. Wesley shares his journey into AI and explains the buzz surrounding generative AI, which is creating new content and rev…

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Sarah Gordon on Lessons from the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision 22:31

4M ago22:31

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Sarah Gordon of the Department of Health and Human Services and Boston University on her recent paper that explores lessons from the continuous enrollment provision of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020. Those provisio…

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John Bowblis on Increased Reliance on Staffing Agencies in Nursing Homes 20:54

4M ago20:54

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews John Bowblis of Miami University on his recent paper that explores trends in the use of staffing agencies among nursing homes. Through this study, Bowblis and coauthors observed an increased reliance on these agencies for direct care n…

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Kierra Barnett on The Impacts of Discriminatory Policies on Housing and Health 23:50

5M ago23:50

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Kierra Barnett of Nationwide Children's Hospital on her recent paper that details the history of discriminatory policies in the Ohio Neighborhood of Linden and what impacts they've had on housing as well as maternal and infant health. …

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Sandra Newman on Housing Vouchers and the Measurable Medical Benefits Provided 26:36

5M ago26:36

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Sandra Newman of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on her recent paper that explores the measurable health and related benefits of housing vouchers to families. The benefits observed included parental stress reduction…

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Ingrid Gould Ellen on Advancing Health Equity at the Neighborhood Level 25:59

5M ago25:59

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Ingrid Gould Ellen of the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service on how neighborhood environments can affect health and health equity. The discussion also considers how interventions at the neighborhood level could advance health…

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Michael Mayer on Encampment Clearings and Transitional Housing 27:39

5M ago27:39

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Michael Mayer of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program on his recent paper that explores the impacts of encampment clearings on the homeless population in Boston and how transitional harm reduction housing provided a unique o…

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Ashley Fox on Major Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake 21:45

5M ago21:45

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Ashley M. Fox of the University at Albany, SUNY on her recent paper exploring substantial disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake and identifying unmet immunization demand in low- and middle-income countries. Order the "Global Lessons F…

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Tse Yang Lim on How Different Societal Responses Elicited Very Different Mortality Rates During COVID-19 26:33

6M ago26:33

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Tse Yang Lim of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on his recent paper that explores why similar policies resulted in different COVID-19 outcomes and how responsiveness as well as culture influenced mortality rates. Order the "G…

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Cristian Herrera on the COVID-19 Disruption to Latin American and Caribbean Countries 29:38

6M ago29:38

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Cristian Herrera of The World Bank on his recent paper which sought to identify disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to routine health care services and how eight Latin American and Caribbean countries responded. Order the "Globa…

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E57: Life Skills and Leadership: 2024 CWA Youth Conference Preview 29:21

6M ago29:21

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This episode of CWA Today podcast previews the upcoming 2024 CWA Youth Summit conference happening February 7-8th in Long Beach, California. Host Bob Lanter interviews CWA's Matt Hidalgo about the event's "Expanding Horizons" theme focusing on providing youth career counseling, life skills training, and leadership development. The episode highlight…

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BEST OF: Chip Kahn on Value-Based Payment Problems 28:56

7M ago28:56

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This episode was originally published in April 2023. Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Chip Kahn from the Federation of American Hospitals on his recent paper where he and co-authors argue that CMS hospital value-based programs should be refined to reduce health dispari…

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BEST OF: Marcia Weaver Explains Two Decades of Health Care Spending Effectiveness 26:05

7M ago26:05

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This episode was originally published on July 19, 2022. It's well known that the United States spends much more than other high-income countries on health care, the most recent estimates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published in Health Affairs show that nearly a fi…

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E56: Turning Interviews into Offers: Creative Job Interview Strategies 54:19

7M ago54:19

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In this episode, hosts Bob Lanter and Matthew Hayes interview workforce development expert Larry Robbin about best practices for job interviews and the hidden agenda employers have when hiring. They discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed hiring practices, making flexibility and profitability key employee traits. Larry explains common mis…

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BEST OF: Deepak Palakshappa on Health Care Spending and Food Insecurity 22:43

7M ago22:43

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This episode was originally published on January 10, 2023. Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Deepak Palakshappa, associate professor at Wake Forest School of Medicine on his paper in the January 2023 issue examining the relationship between food insecurity and health ca…

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E55: Beyond Federal Funds: How Workforce Boards Diversify Resources and Maximize Impact 44:36

7M ago44:36

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This special episode marks the refresh of CWA Today, and features CWA Executive Director Bob Lanter and Program Director Matthew Hayes discussing an overview of research they have conducted into the impactful work being done by the state’s 45 local workforce development boards. Discover the positive impact of boards moving beyond just operating fed…

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BEST OF: Matthew Trombley on Why Many Providers Run From Downside Risk In ACOs 27:04

7M ago27:04

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This episode was originally released on January 4, 2022. The Medicare program has placed considerable emphasis on creating accountable care organizations (ACOs), which are groups of health care providers that together take responsibility for providing necessary care and can reap financia…

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Joel Weissman on Hospitals Addressing Racism 24:09

8M ago24:09

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Joel Weissman of Brigham and Women's Hospital on his recent paper identifying how hospitals are addressing the effects of structural racism and the ways in which health equity officers have become leaders to enact change. Order the "Ta…

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Zachary Dyer on Measuring Structural Racism at the Neighborhood Level 26:30

9M ago26:30

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Zachary Dyer of University of Massachusetts on his recent paper measuring the enduring imprint of structural racism on American neighborhoods and how the authors developed a new measure, the Structural Racism Effect Index, to identify …

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Chidinma Ibe on Community Health Workers' Chance to Advance Public Health Policy 29:15

9M ago29:15

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's Chidinma Ibe on her recent paper that provides a closer understanding of the value of community health workers' (CHW) voices, social risk factors, and how structural racism shapes CHWs' app…

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Research and Justice For All: How the Private Sector Can Address Health Equity 33:36

9M ago33:36

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. The six-episode season will publish Wednesdays. Guest: Rashad Burgess, Vice President of Advancing …

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Tina Hernandez-Boussard on Promoting Equity in Clinical Decision-Making 21:58

9M ago21:58

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Tina Hernandez-Boussard of Stanford University on her recent paper exploring ways that we can promote equity in clinical decision-making and how to dismantle race-based medicine. Order the October 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Currentl…

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Research and Justice For All: Leveraging Data to Drive Outcomes in Health Equity 35:49

9M ago35:49

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. The six-episode season will publish Wednesdays. Guest: Dr. Karen DeSalvo, Chief Health Officer, Goo…

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Jamila Michener on the Power Imbalances Fueling Housing Inequities 26:08

9M ago26:08

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jamila Michener from Cornell University on her recent paper examining the relationship between racism, power, and health equity through the lens of tenant organizations and housing rights. Order the October 2023 issue of Health Affairs…

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Research and Justice For All: Mental Health and Health Equity 35:02

10M ago35:02

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. The six-episode season will publish Wednesdays. Guest: Dr. Nicole Christian-Brathwaite, MD, Head of…

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Jeffrey Marr on Home-Based Care Trends 21:38

10M ago21:38

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jeffrey Marr from Johns Hopkins University on his recent paper examining trends in home-based medical care use in Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare. Order the September 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Currently, more than 70 pe…

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Research and Justice For All: Maternal Health and Health Equity 30:33

10M ago30:33

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. The six-episode season will publish Wednesdays. Guest: Dr. Mary-Ann Etiebet, AVP for Health Equity …

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Aditi Sen on The Mirage of Employer Health Care Price Negotiation 28:35

10M ago28:35

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs's Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Health Care Cost Institute's Aditi Sen on her recent paper that suggests that employers lack leverage to negotiate lower health care prices. Order the September 2023 issue of Health Affairs. Currently, more than 70 percent of our cont…

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Research and Justice For All: How Health Equity Accreditation is Changing Health Care 29:47

10M ago29:47

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. The six-episode season will publish Wednesdays. Guest: Bryan O. Buckley, Director of Health Equity …

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Jack Chapel on Health Trends in a Shrinking Middle Class 28:56

10M ago28:56

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Subscribe to UnitedHealthcare's Community & State newsletter. Health Affairs's Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews University of Southern California, Los Angeles' Jack Chapel on his recent paper examining the worsening health and economic trends for Americans with modest resources nearing retirement. Order the September 2023 issue of Health Affair…

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