A Health Podyssey

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Why Are Wealthy Americans Spending So Much More on Healthcare?

August 04, 2026

Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lott speaks to Betsy Cliff from the University of Chicago about her paper in the July 2026 issue of Health Affairs exploring trends in US healthcare spending by income. Order the July 2026 issue of Health Affairs.Sign up for our free Health Affairs newsletters to stay up to date on health policy news and analysis.

BEST OF: Michael Chernew on Medicare Advantage Benchmarks

July 28, 2026

A Health Podyssey is on vacation in July. We will return with new episodes in August 2026.This episode originally aired on April 18, 2023Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Michael Chernew from the Harvard Medical School on his recently-published paper examining the effects of lower Medicare Advantage benchmarks on plan generosity and benefits. The authors found that a $1,000 per year decrease in the benchmarks would lead to only moderate increases in annual premiums, deductib...

BEST OF: A Health Podyssey x Policy Spotlight w/ Meena Seshamani

July 21, 2026

A Health Podyssey is on vacation in July. We will return with new episodes in August 2026.This episode was originally aired on August 15, 2023.In a crossover episode with Health Affairs' Policy Spotlight event series, Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Meena Seshamani, director at the Center for Medicare at CMS. They discuss the evolution of Medicare Advantage, value-based programs, and more.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that w...