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

**Thursday, March 12, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

Health Care Priorities For A COVID-19 Stimulus Bill: Recommendations To
The Administration, Congress, And Other Federal, State, And Local
Leaders From Public Health, Medical, Policy, And Legal Experts

By Howard P. Forman, Elizabeth Fowler, Megan L. Ranney, Ruth J. Katz,
Sara Rosenbaum, Kavita Patel, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, Abbe R. Gluck,
Christen Linke Young, Erica Turret, Suhas Gondi, Adam Beckman

As experts in public health, medicine, policy, and law, and with prior
expertise in developing federal health legislation and public health
initiatives, we hereby present a framework designed to protect the
health of all Americans in the face of this unprecedented epidemic. Read
More >>

MEDICARE

The Part D Senior Savings Model: Reducing Out-of-Pocket Costs For
Insulin In Medicare Part D

By Seema Verma

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) strongly encourages
sponsors of enhanced Part D plans and manufacturers of insulin to
participate in the Part D Senior Savings Model. The Part D Senior
Savings Model could lower beneficiary out-of-pocket costs next year
while allowing CMS to assess the impact of this change on overall
medical spending and health outcomes. Read More >>

PHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Antibiotic Resistance And Animal Consumption: The Case For Duration
Limits In Food-Producing Animals

By Karin Hoelzer

Following a troubling return to rising antibiotic sales, it's time for
the Food and Drug Administration to ensure judicious use of these drugs.
Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

Transforming Medicare's Payment Systems: Progress Shaped By The ACA

By Michael E. Chernew, Patrick H. Conway, and Austin B. Frakt

Michael Chernew and colleagues view the Affordable Care Act's payment
reforms as "modestly successful" in achieving savings while
sustaining or improving the quality of care. Read More >>

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A CLOSER LOOK-Global Health

Yesterday, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic as
the coronavirus rapidly spreads across the world. An analysis from 2017
by Lawrence O. Gostin and Eric A. Friedman describes the global health
landscape
and asks, "given complex political transitions, dense agendas, and
finite resources, what priorities should guide global health leaders?"

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