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Tuesday, July 11, 2023 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From
Health Affairs

Dear John,

In a late-breaking Forefront article, Maanasa Kona of Georgetown
University discusses the recent Request for Information
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issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on medical credit
cards to better understand their prevalence, patients' experiences
with them, and the incentives driving providers to offer these products.


Read Forefront
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Cancer Decision Making

In a newly published Narrative Matters article
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Tom Doyle documents his experience navigating difficult medical
decisions as a cancer patient.

Diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma at twenty-three years old, Doyle writes
about how, after rounds of chemotherapy, he was presented with the
choice to either continue additional chemotherapy or begin two weeks of
radiation therapy.

While both options were similarly effective, they each had adverse
effects. The chemotherapy drugs could cause potentially fatal lung
fibrosis and heart failure, while radiation came with the risk of
developing a secondary cancer.

Doyle outlines the difficulties of decision making within the
institution of medicine and writes, "the category of 'options'...is
a large and unchartered territory...," and that the institution's
"laissez-faire" attitude toward preference-sensitive decisions might not
be the best approach to address treatment options.

Doyle concludes that policy should move toward a place where patients
are provided with decision aids while making critical decisions.

Read the Article
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LIVE from Aspen Ideas: Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
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Alan Weil interviews Susan Magsamen, founder and director of the
International Arts + Mind Lab at the Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, and Ivy Ross, vice president of design for hardware products
at Google, about their new book, Your Brain on Art, and how art relates
to health.

Listen to the Podcast
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Join us for the upcoming virtual events!

July 13: Lunch and Learn: Residential Segregation, Health, and Health
Equity
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July 31: Journal Club: Documenting Latino Representation in the US
Workforce
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The Biden Administration Takes Aim At Medical Financing Products
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Maanasa Kona

Health System Resilience-The Foundation For Pandemic Preparedness
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Joachim Sturmberg et al.

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