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

**Wednesday, March 4, 2020**

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IN THE JOURNAL

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

Did The ACA Lower Americans' Financial Barriers To Health Care?

By Sherry A. Glied, Sara R. Collins, and Saunders Lin

The Affordable Care Act was designed to provide financial protection to
Americans in their use of the health care system. This required
addressing two intertwined problems: cost barriers to accessing coverage
and care, and barriers to comprehensive risk protection provided by
insurance. Sherry Glied and coauthors reviewed the evidence on whether
the law was effective in achieving these goals. Read More >>

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HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS-The Affordable Care Act Turns 10

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The March 2020 issue of Health Affairs, "The Affordable Care Act Turns
10," offers must-read analyses of the ACA. Authors explain the law's
effects on coverage, costs, health status, and more. They also review
the political and legal issues that have shaped implementation and
consider what should come next. On March 10, Health Affairs will host a
special event to amplify the work. Order the Issue

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

ACCESS TO CARE

Paid Family And Medical Leave Gains Momentum

By Steven Findlay

Paid-leave advocates should consider joining their struggle to the fight
for universal health care coverage, expanded access to care, and lower
costs. Read More >>

ORAL HEALTH

Lessons From Oral Health: Using Philanthropy As A Catalyst For Systems
Change

By Katie Eyes and Stacy Warren

Oral health is a critical issue in North Carolina, with more than 2.4
million residents living in areas without enough dentists, according to
the Kaiser Family Foundation. Two foundations are jointly investing $35
million to address major gaps in oral health care in the state. The
authors say that partnership between the two foundations and
collaboration with others has been one key to creating momentum for
substantive change around oral health in the Tar Heel State. Read More
>>

A CLOSER LOOK-Opioids

In the past 15 years, use of prescription opioids, heroin, and fentanyl
by adolescents and young adults has skyrocketed. This has been
paralleled by increasing rates of opioid use disorder diagnoses and
opioid-related overdoses and deaths in this population, the latter of
which reached almost 5,000 in 2017. A Health Affairs Blog post from
November 2019 says that "despite these staggering statistics, Generation
Z is too rarely prioritized in policy discussions
surrounding
the opioid epidemic."

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