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Friday, February 21, 2020
HA Event: ACA Turns 10, March 10

TODAY ON THE BLOG

MEDICARE

Medicare For All: What History Can Teach Us About Its Chances
By John E. McDonough

If Democrats can advance further toward near-universal coverage without the life-or-death struggles of passing Medicare for All, they just might achieve meaningful and historic progress even as they preserve political capital to make progress on other urgent policy needs. Read More >>


Five Reasons Medicare For All (Or Anything Like It) Won’t Pass In 2021
By Billy Wynne

There is a tremendous amount of headway Democrats can make in furthering the party’s goal of achieving quality, affordable coverage for all in 2021 if we can put our ideological preferences on the back burner. Read More >>


SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Enhancing Rates Of Opioid Overdose Education And Naloxone Distribution In Emergency Departments
By Kristen Huntley, Emily B. Einstein, Mary Ellen Palowitch, Anita Thomas, Terri L. Postma, Shari M. Ling, and Wilson M. Compton

Emergency departments offer critical opportunities for addressing the opioid crisis because they are on the front lines of health care and are an underutilized point of contact with people at risk of opioid overdose. Read More >>


FOLLOWING THE ACA

Texas At The Supreme Court: The Latest
By Katie Keith

In a 2-1 decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals partially affirmed the district court, agreeing that the mandate is now unconstitutional but remanding the case back to the district court on the issue of severability. A coalition of Democratic attorneys general and governors, led by California, and the US House of Representatives appealed the Fifth Circuit’s decision to the Supreme Court. Read More >>
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IN THE JOURNAL

 GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY

Copayment Incentive Increased Medication Use And Reduced Spending Among Indigenous Australians After 2010
By Amal N. Trivedi and Margaret Kelaher

In 2010 the Australian government reduced or eliminated medication copayments for indigenous people with chronic disease or risk factors for chronic disease. In this quasi-experimental study Amal Trivedi and Margaret Kelaher found that the copayment reductions were associated with a 39 percent relative increase in the use of medications and a 61 percent reduction in out-of-pocket spending. Read More >>

A CLOSER LOOK—Caregiving

Caregiving for a spouse in the last years of life is associated with increased depression and negative health outcomes for surviving spouses, many of whom are themselves in poor health. Katherine Ornstein and coauthors found that 55 percent of the spouses of community-dwelling married people with disability were solo caregivers.
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