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

Thursday, March 12, 2020
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 >>

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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