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HA Podcast: Coronavirus
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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 >>
HA Podcast: How To "Act Like You Have The Virus"
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.

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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