Shining A Light On “The Forgotten Middle”

Editor’s note: This post is being published in conjunction with the Health Affairs briefing “Health and Housing Needs for US Seniors in the “Middle Market” and the release of Health Affairs articles by Caroline Pearson and coauthors, Christopher Herbert and Jennifer Molinsky, and John Rowe and the Research Network on an Aging Society, as well as a second Health Affairs Blog post by Anne Tumlinson.

In the era of value-based care, it is important to recognize that health care is only a small part of what contributes, ultimately, to good health. For seniors, social determinants of health such as housing, food, social connections, and transportation play a critical role not only in producing better health outcomes, but in reducing...