📣 Digital Health Download: May 2025

In this month's Digital Health Download, Steve and Halle unpack the headlines shaping healthcare, policy, and technology—with an eye toward where things may be heading next. From shifting political support for Medicaid and the ACA to state-level action on PBMs, they explore the unexpected ways the system is evolving.
We cover:
🩺 Why more Republicans are backing Medicaid and ACA expansion—and what the data tells us
🧠 Autism in the spotlight (and Halle's favorite show)
⚖ How a new Arkansas law could disrupt the PBM status quo
📊 Bessemer’s new Health AI Adoption Index, including what separates pilots from true deployments
📚 A lawsuit against academic publishers that’s raising questions about access and transparency in research
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📍 Show notes:
• Enrollment Growth in the ACA Marketplaces (kff.org/policy-watch/enrollment-growth-in-the-…) (KFF)
• Love on the Spectrum (netflix.com/title/81338328) (Netflix)
• Arkansas adopts first-in-the-nation law forcing companies to choose between running a PBM or pharmacies (statnews.com/pharmalot/2025/04/16/pbm-cvs-unit…) (STAT News)
• Scientists’ suit against top academic publishers lays bare deep frustration over unpaid peer review (statnews.com/2025/03/10/peer-review-antitrust-…) (STAT News)
• Another Call for Open Access (halletecco.com/blog/another-call-for-open-access) (Halle’s blog)
• The Healthcare AI Adoption Index (bvp.com/atlas/the-healthcare-ai-adoption-index) (BVP)
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