Health Affairs

Editor’s Note: For more on informal caregivers and related issues, see Bridging Troubled Waters: Family Caregivers, Transitions, And Long-Term Care and other articles in the January issue of Health Affairs, titled Advancing Long-Term Services & Supports.  The primary focus of this analysis is to examine trends and key findings for caregivers of persons 50+, with an... Read the rest of this entry »

Here in DC we’re bracing for the storm of the century — snow storm, that is.  What better time to catch up on some health policy reading? We list here the top 10 most-read posts from January on Health Affairs Blog. Topics cover health reform, health care costs, the mammography guidelines controversy, and more. And... Read the rest of this entry »

We offer readers the annual “top 10″ list of most-read posts from Health Affairs Blog. Health reform topped the list in 2009. If you missed any of these posts, here’s your chance to catch up on your reading. Propaganda And Prejudice Distort The Health Reform Debate by Merton Bernstein Nurse Shortage Eases Under Recession by... Read the rest of this entry »

Congress is now debating whether to include in health reform a new program to help people pay for long-term care services and supports. At this propitious time, leading experts explore critical policy issues related to long-term care in a series of articles in the January 2010 edition of Health Affairs. (As of this issue, Health... Read the rest of this entry »

The January 2010 edition of Health Affairs focuses on long-term services and supports and the challenges of ensuring affordable, high-quality care to people with disabilities, including many of the nation’s aged. The journal has invited key lawmakers and leading experts in aging and health policy to discuss the policies and new approaches needed to address... Read the rest of this entry »

On Thursday, May 7, please join Health Affairs and the SCAN Foundation for “Long Term Care In America: The Agenda For Health Reform.” Expanding access to the uninsured and restraining the rate of health cost growth are critical objectives of health reform. But given the disability and long-term care challenges facing the nation, these, too,... Read the rest of this entry »

As many families gather for Thanksgiving this week, Health Affairs Blog would like to take this opportunity to highlight the poignant new Narrative Matters’ essay “Dad’s Legacy” [free access] in the November/December 2007 issue of Health Affairs.   “If a picture is worth one thousand words, a good story is worth many columns of statistics,”... Read the rest of this entry »