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HA Podcast: Coronavirus
The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs

Wednesday, March 11, 2020
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.
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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 >>

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 >>

Alan Weil on CNN.com

IN THE MEDIA


Alan Weil, Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs, was interviewed by CNN for a story on COVID-19.

Alan Weil on CNN.com

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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