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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Thursday, February 20, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

MEDICAID

Medicaid Enrollment Programs Offer Hope To Formerly Incarcerated
Individuals And Savings For States

By Abaki Beck

Given the initial findings on usage of Medicaid services, reduced
recidivism, and state savings, it seems advantageous for all states to
expand Medicaid to our formerly incarcerated community members. Read
More >>

Inside The D.C. Circuit's Opinion In Gresham v Azar

By Alexander Somodevilla and Sara Rosenbaum

In a unanimous opinion written by Judge David Sentelle, a three-judge
court affirmed a lower court ruling that set aside the approval of
Arkansas's Medicaid work experiment by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services. Read More >>

CONSIDERING HEALTH SPENDING

How Administrative Spending Contributes To Excess US Health Spending

By Laura Tollen, Elizabeth Keating, and Alan Weil

In 2018, Health Affairs launched the Council on Health Care Spending and
Value, a nonpartisan, expert working group that will, over the course of
three years, develop recommendations about how the US could take a more
deliberate approach to moderating health care spending growth while
maximizing value. This post, the first in a series providing a view into
the council's discussions, recaps its inquiry into administrative
spending.
Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

NARRATIVE MATTERS

PATIENT-CENTERED CARE

There's No Algorithm For Empathy

By Hannah B. Wild

When physicians rely on a behavioral "recipe" to convey empathy, patient
care can suffer. Read More >>

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A CLOSER LOOK-Opioid Use Disorder

Medications such as methadone and buprenorphine are effective treatments
for opioid use disorder (OUD), but levels of use remain low. Given the
importance of the news media as a source of health information for the
public and its role in shaping knowledge about these medications, Alene
Kennedy-Hendricks and coauthors examinedreporting on OUD medication
treatment amid the opioid crisis
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