Welcome back to Health Affairs Pathways, the podcast fellowship program from Health Affairs.

In 2023, we have two exciting seasons for listeners, one on safety net hospitals and another on palliative and hospice care.

In A Disproportionate Share, NYC Health + Hospitals's Michael Shen, a primary care doctor and Chief Creative Officer for the medical education podcast Core IM, explores safety net hospitals and how we pay for them.

In this first episode, Shen looks at the closure of Hahnemann University Hospital, a large urban hospital affiliated with a major academic medical center, to ask how safety net hospitals sustain themselves on thin financial margins. He shares what safety net hospitals are and their role in caring for America's vulnerable populations.

Related Links:

• Michael Shen
• Graduate Medical Education Should Not Be A Commodity (Health Affairs)
• Podcast: Graduate Medical Education Should Not Be A Commodity (Health Affairs Narrative Matters)
• The Death of Hahnemann Hospital (The New Yorker)
• To Protect America's Safety-Net Hospitals, Establish a New Federal Designation (Health Affairs Forefront)