Welcome to Health Affairs Pathways, which explores the avenues and alleyways of the health care system through a variety of storytelling – from investigative journalism and health policy explainers to long-form interviews.Our first season is a six-part series from <a href="http://www.lalitaabhyankar.com/">Lalita Abhyankar</a>, a physician and storyteller based in San Francisco, CA. Her series, titled Piecemeal, examines how consolidation in health care is affecting independent primary care.The first episode will be published on January 26, 2022.

Piecemeal: Health Care Consolidation and Independent Primary Care

Health Affairs Pathways explores the avenues and alleyways of the health care system through a variety of storytelling – from investigative journalism and health policy explainers to long-form interviews.

Unique series are created by fellows at Health Affairs Podcast Fellowship Program, designed to support early to mid-stage professionals pursue an audio project, tell a unique health care story, and highlight voices that may not be heard otherwise.

Join the Health Affairs Podcast Fellows on their journey to unearth a new health care story on such topics as health care consolidation, independent primary care, behavioral health, climate change, health equity, and more. 

Health Affairs, the leading journal of health policy research, offers a nonpartisan forum to promote analysis and discussions on improving health.