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

**Wednesday, March 25, 2020**

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IN THE JOURNAL

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

Closing The Medicaid Coverage Gap: Options For Reform

By Sara Rosenbaum and Gail Wilensky

How to provide coverage for the poorest Americans who remain ineligible
for Medicaid but too poor for subsidized private health
insurance-closing the Medicaid coverage gap-represents the biggest
piece of unfinished business under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Read
More >>

A Pathway To Consumer-Driven Universal Coverage

By Avik Roy

With the right modifications, the individual market could protect
Americans with preexisting conditions, provide affordable coverage to
the remaining uninsured people, and offer better choices for those with
more traditional coverage. To achieve these goals, policy makers must
first understand the ACA's design flaws. Read More >>

Read the March 2020 Table of Contents
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HEALTH AFFAIRS PODCAST-Newsmakers

For COVID-19, How To "Act Like You Have The Virus"

Alan Weil

Recently US Surgeon General Jerome Adams said that all Americans,
regardless of their current health status regarding COVID-19, should
"act like you have the virus."  In a WTOP-FM interview, Health Affairs
Editor-In-Chief Alan Weil explains why this is so, and offers some
practical advice, likening the current situation to "entering a dark
room where there are dangerous things inside."

Listen here
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TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

****To Save Staff And Supplies, Designate Specialized COVID-19 Referral
Centers

By Daniel Liebman and Nisarg Patel

Hospitals around the nation are frantically preparing for a surge in
COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks, but even with the most aggressive
measures, the trajectory of positive cases tells us that increasing
internal capacity and resources won't be enough. Read More >>

MEDICARE

Medicare For All: The Social Transformation Of US Health Care

By Peter S. Arno and Philip Caper

The US public and, increasingly, the business community are becoming
acutely aware of the rising costs and inadequacies of our current
system. Read More >>

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A CLOSER LOOK-Millennials In Nursing

Baby-boomer registered nurses (RNs), the largest segment of the RN
workforce from 1981 to 2012, are now retiring. A Health Affairs article
reports, "This would have led to nurse shortages but for the
surprising embrace of the profession by millennials-who are entering
the nurse workforce at nearly double the rate of the boomers
."

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