WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A new paper in JAMA Health Forum highlights the danger of federal cuts to health care reforms that address patients’ health-related social needs through integrated clinical-social care. In “Integrated Clinical–Social Care and Boundaries of Health Care” (Vincent Guilamo-Ramos; Marco Thimm-Kaiser; Adam Benzekri; Kody H. Kinsley), the authors also bring clarity to the debate about effective integrated clinical-social care with three spheres for policy and programmatic innovation. A lack of shared vision of the value and role of integrated clinical-social care within healthcare reforms is also holding progress back. The new paper explores:Two contrasting conceptualizations of integrated clinical-social care. While clinical care is critical, many of the factors that influence health—such as housing, food security, education, and transportation—lie outside the traditional health care system.