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

**Monday, February 24, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

Addressing Social Determinants: Scaling Up Partnerships With
Community-Based Organization Networks

By Lance Robertson and Bruce Chernof

As health care payment models become more value-based, health care
systems are increasingly interested in approaches that address both
medical needs and social determinants of health.
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CULTURE OF HEALTH

Stress Is A Key To Understanding Many Social Determinants Of Health

By Aric A. Prather

It is clear that the social conditions in which people live are
fundamental in shaping health trajectories, and that the stress created
through these social conditions serves as an important pathway driving
poor health and furthering health disparities.Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

MEDICARE

Dental, Vision, And Hearing Services: Access, Spending, And Coverage For
Medicare Beneficiaries

By Amber Willink, Nicholas S. Reed, Bonnielin Swenor, Leah Leinbach, Eva
H. DuGoff, and Karen Davis

Among Medicare beneficiaries, dental, vision, and hearing services could
be characterized as high need, high cost, and low use. Amber Willink and
coauthors analyzed beneficiary survey data and found that in 2016 only
21 percent of beneficiaries in traditional Medicare had purchased a
stand-alone dental plan, whereas 62 percent of Medicare Advantage
enrollees were in plans with a dental benefit. Among Medicare
beneficiaries with coverage overall, out-of-pocket expenses still made
up 70 percent of dental spending, 62 percent of vision spending, and 79
percent of hearing spending. Read More >>

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A CLOSER LOOK- Low-Income Workers

The Affordable Care Act extended health coverage to more than 20 million
people and strengthened consumer protections for millions more, but it
didn't dramatically change employer-sponsored coverage, the primary
source of private health insurance. A Health Affairs Blog post
considerspathways to affordable health coverage for low-income workers.

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