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April 10, 2020
The Out-of-Pocket Health News Digest
For our last Out-of-Pocket newsletter this semester, we have compiled a list of health policy resources to help you stay informed during the summer. Our hope is that you will find a few newsletters, podcasts and books that are enlightening and educational.

This compilation is produced by the HPSA Education Committee: Sharoni Bandyopadhyay, Matthew Dunn, Payton Watt and Courtney Zott.
Newsletters
E-newsletters are an easy way to get the latest news in health policy delivered straight to your inbox. The following news publications offer daily or weekly updates in domestic and/or global health news.

Podcasts
These podcasts feature health policy experts as they discuss the latest in health care or delve into a particular topic on a daily, weekly or biweekly basis.

America Dissected is a biweekly podcast by Abdul-El Sayed. Season 1 provides an in-depth analysis of topics in health policy, while Season 2 covers the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.

An Arm and a Leg is a weekly podcast co-produced by Kaiser Health News and focuses on health care costs.

The Dose produced by the Commonwealth Fund is a biweekly podcast featuring health policy experts as they discuss domestic and international health policy issues.

The NACCHO Podcast Series produced by the National Association of County and City Health Officials features conversations from health policy experts as they tackle health policy on a county and city-level.

Public Health on Call produced by the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health produces a daily podcast on emerging public health news.

What the Health? produced by Kaiser Health News is a weekly podcast covering the latest news in health policy.
Books
The following book recommendations cover a range of topics, from the intersection of criminal justice and mental health to escalating health care costs to the opioid crisis.



Being Mortal by Atul Gawande








Healing Politics by Abdul El-Sayed


The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know by Yngvild Olsen, Joshua Sharfstein

The Price We Pay by Marty Makary