View Message in Browser

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

 

mailto:[email protected]

[link removed]

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

**Tuesday, March 24, 2020**

[link removed]

IN THE JOURNAL

AHEAD OF PRINT

National Health Expenditure Projections, 2019-28: Expected Rebound In
Prices Drives Rising Spending Growth

By Sean P. Keehan, Gigi A. Cuckler, John A. Poisal, Andrea M. Sisko,
Sheila D. Smith, Andrew J. Madison, Kathryn E. Rennie, Jacqueline A.
Fiore, and James C. Hardesty

New estimates released today from the Office of the Actuary at the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services project an average annual
rate of national health spending growth of 5.4 percent for 2019-28,
outpacing average projected growth in the gross domestic product (GDP)
by 1.1 percentage points. As a result, the health share of the economy
is projected to climb to 19.7 percent by 2028-up from 17.7 percent in
2018. Read More >>

[link removed]

Read the March 2020 Table of Contents
.

Subscribe to Health Affairs for full journal access.

TODAY ON THE BLOG

FOLLOWING THE ACA

Happy Tenth Birthday, Obamacare: This Crisis Would Be Much Worse Without
You
By Abbe R. Gluck and Erica Turret

The pandemic reveals the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in action as a broad
safety net for those who have lost their jobs, or their work-provided
coverage, and need access to medical care. It has also shown us the
value of the kind of coordinated federal response to coverage and care
that we can thank  the ACA for. Read More >>

SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

You're Doing It Wrong: What Changes In Medicaid And SNAP Reveal About
The Trump Administration's Investment In The Social Determinants Of
Health

By Taylor Cowey and Josh LaRosa

Those hoping to impact the social determinants of health must mobilize
to protect and strengthen the existing social safety net and to push
this administration and the next to leverage the federal programs that
can make a difference for the largest number of people in need. Read
More >>

****

[link removed]

HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS-PAST EVENT:  Aging & Health

Health Affairs and The John A. Hartford Foundation hosted a robust
policy conversation featuring authors from the journal's Aging &
Health series , as
well as other experts in the field discussing topics including Moving
Serious Illness Care from Hospital to Home, Disparities in Home- and
Community-Based Care, and Impact of Caregiving. Get caught up with the
event: slides
(click
on Download Event), video
, and
podcast
.

Getevent-specific emails

delivered directly to your inbox.

A CLOSER LOOK-Diversity In Dentistry

The underrepresentation of Blacks, Hispanics or Latinos, and American
Indians or Alaska Natives among dentists raises concerns about the
diversity of the dental workforce, disparities in access to dental care
and in oral health status, and social justice. In a Health Affairs
article, Elizabeth Mertz and coauthors quantified the shortage of
underrepresented minority dentists and examined these dentists'
practice patterns
in
relation to the characteristics of the communities they serve.

[link removed]

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

About Health Affairs

Health Affairs is the leading peer-reviewed journal
at the intersection of health,
health care, and policy. Published monthly by Project HOPE, the journal
is available in print and online. Late-breaking content is also found
through healthaffairs.org , Health Affairs
Today , and Health Affairs
Sunday Update .  

Project HOPE is a global health and
humanitarian relief organization that places power in the hands of local
health care workers to save lives across the globe. Project HOPE has
published Health Affairs since 1981.

Copyright © Project HOPE: The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.

Health Affairs, 7500 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 600, Bethesda, MD 20814, United States

Privacy Policy

To unsubscribe from this email, click here
.                 
                                               
                        I