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Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News
From Health Affairs

Dear John,

ICYMI, Johns Hopkins University's Chidinma Ibe joined A Health Podyssey
to discuss her recent paper that provides a closer understanding of the
value of community health workers' (CHW) voices, social risk factors,
and how structural racism shapes CHWs' approach to intervention delivery
in structurally vulnerable communities.

Listen

 

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Trends In Employer-Sponsored Insurance Coverage

In an article published Ahead of Print, KFF presents its findings from
the twenty-fifth annual KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey.

This survey examines eligibility and enrollment in employer-sponsored
health insurance
.

KFF documents that the average annual premium for employer-sponsored
family health insurance coverage was $23,968 in 2023, a 7 percent
increase from 2022.

KFF also finds that both single and family premiums increased faster in
2023 than in 2022, and that on average, covered workers contributed 17
percent and 29 percent of the cost of single and family coverage,
respectively.

KFF adds that among surveyed firms with fifty or more workers, "57
percent believed that their employees had a high or moderate level of
concern about the affordability of cost sharing in their health
plans."

The article concludes with a discussion about the implications of the
Dobbs v Jackson decision for employer-sponsored coverage of abortion and
related services.

KFF suggests that employers will need to continually monitor the legal
landscape and assess their coverage as legal restrictions shape the
availability of services.

Read The Article

 

The Case For Including Dynamic Drug Pricing In Cost-Effectiveness
Analyses Under The IRA

Melanie D. Whittington et al.

 

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Join us for the following events:

* October 19: Briefing: Key Challenges Encountered By The Medicare and
Medicaid Dually-Eligible Population

* October 24: Professional Development: Writing About Racism In Health
Care

(For Health Affairs Insiders Only)

 

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Catch up on this month's exciting installments of This Week

and be on the lookout for new episodes to drop every Friday!

Behind The Pages: Tackling Structural Racism In Health

Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Ellen Bayer explore the new October
issue focusing on Tackling Structural Racism In Health.

Their conversation provides insight into unique online features
exclusive to this issue as well as highlighting a number of the journal
articles featured.

DTC Companies Double Down on Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits

Health Affairs' Kathleen Haddad and Rob Lott discuss the trend of
direct-to-consumer companies expanding into Medicare Advantage
territory.

They discuss Instacart's launch of a new grocery benefit and the news
out of the HTLH conference in Las Vegas regarding a partnership between
Uber and Optum.

 

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