Health Affairs This Week

Jeff Byers

podcast@healthaffairs.org

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Booking Overview

This is a health policy news and analysis interview show that typically features health services researchers, academic experts, and leaders of healthcare organizations or policy institutions. PR agencies could credibly pitch senior researchers, healthcare executives, public policy experts, and leaders with direct expertise in major US health policy developments; booking difficulty is medium because the show is specialized and expert-driven but not limited to celebrity-level guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 276

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 2.3k subscribers

Instagram: 828 followers

Contact Information

podcast@healthaffairs.org

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Host

Jeff Byers - Host and editor at Health Affairs Publishing, covering major developments and trends in health policy.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Senior health policy researchers, healthcare executives, academic physicians, leaders of health organizations, and recognized experts with direct knowledge of US healthcare policy or health services research.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership of a national healthcare or health policy organization, Senior academic or medical appointments, Published health policy or health services research, Recognized expertise on major healthcare policy issues

Recent Guest Discussions

Aaron Carroll - The Discontinuation Of Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality Grant Funding, Research Transparency, Federal Health Priorities, And The Future Of Health Services Research.

Stacie Dusetzina - The Trump Administration’s Proposed Healthcare Plan And Its Implications For Health Policy.

Recent Topics

Health Policy, Health Services, Healthcare, Public Health, Primary Care

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Health Affairs This Week
:

BEST OF: Future of Primary Care: Bright or Broken? w/ Troyen Brennan

July 29, 2026

Health Affairs This Week is on vacation in July. We will return with new episodes in August 2026.This episode originally aired on October 25, 2025.Health Affairs This Week will return with new episodes next week.Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Troyen A. Brennan of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and former CMO at CVS Health to the pod to discuss his new book, Wonderful and Broken: The Complex Reality of Primary Care in the United States. The conversation touches on themes within...

Health Research Funding Suddenly Cut: Dr. Aaron Carroll Explains

July 23, 2026

We interrupt the summer break for this special "emergency pod" episode. Health Affairs Publishing's Jeff Byers welcomes Dr. Aaron Carroll, President and CEO of AcademyHealth, back to the pod to examine the sudden discontinuation of over $100 million in ongoing Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) grant funding, raising questions about transparency, federal priorities, and the future of health services research.Related Links:AcademyHealth's Situation Report (Substack)HHS research ...

BEST OF: The Great Health Care Vision Board (Stacie Dusetzina)

July 22, 2026

Health Affairs This Week is on vacation in July. We will return with new episodes in August 2026. This episode originally aired on January 21, 2026.On an emergency pod episode, Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt University Medical Center to breakdown the recently unveiled The Great Healthcare Plan from the Trump administration.Related Articles:The Great Healthcare Plan (White House)

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