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

**Wednesday, March 11, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

COVID-19: A Stress Test For A US Health Care System Already Under Stress

By Mahshid Abir, Christina Cutter, and Christopher Nelson

Cross-sector collaboration will be essential to best prepare for the
stress test that COVID-19 could pose to America's emergency
preparedness response and health care systems.
Read More >>

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SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Contingency Management: A Highly Effective Treatment For Substance Use
Disorders And The Legal Barriers That Stand In Its Way

By Joseph E. Glass, Edward V. Nunes, and Katharine A. Bradley

An urgent exception needs to be made to recognize that when used to
promote important therapeutic behaviors such as adherence to effective
medication or objective evidence of abstinence from drugs, incentives
offered as part of contingency management are part of an effective
treatment, not an inducement. Read More >>

HEALTH PHILANTHROPY

People Post: Foundation Staff And Board Members' Arrivals And
Departures; Job Opening

By Lee-Lee Prina

Read about staff and board changes at foundations around the United
States. And a program officer position is open. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

How The ACA Dented The Cost Curve

By Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin and John A. Graves

Health spending growth has been low by historical standards since the
Affordable Care Act's enactment, but is that due to the law? Melinda
Beeuwkes Buntin and John Graves note that specific provisions can be
shown to have affected the cost trajectory, even as the overall effect
on health spending is "nearly impossible" to discern. Read More >>

Read the March 2020 Table of Contents
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IN THE MEDIA

Alan Weil, Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs, was interviewed by CNN for
astory on COVID-19
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A CLOSER LOOK-Homelessness

The overall homeless population on a single night represents 0.2 percent
of the US population, or 17 people per 10,000 in the population. For
years, health care providers have struggled with the reality that they
can do little within their roles to directly address the social factors
often at the root of their patients' health issues. A Health Affairs
Blog post by Anita Cattrell asks, "Could the latest in medical
treatment be... a roof?
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