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Friday, March 1, 2024 | The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
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Welcome to March!
We offer Health Affairs Scholar ([link removed] ) as a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal of emerging and global health policy.
Check out what we published throughout February below!
Catch Up on Scholar
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Finding A Place To Be Somebody
In the February Housing & Health issue of Health Affairs, Lawrence Lincoln describes his experience living on the street and finding a voice for people experiencing homelessness ([link removed] ) in policy making.
With time spent on the streets of West Oakland, California, Lincoln describes an existence predicated on self-medicating, scrounging for scrap metal to pay for drugs, building shelters out of trash, putting out fires, cleaning and moving our camp, and hiding from the violence that attends poverty.
Throughout this Narrative Matters essay, he describes a journey that ultimately resulted in his receiving support from the Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless (ACHCH) Street Health team, securing housing and stability, and finding a voice to help others in similar circumstances.
As Lincoln reflects on his journey, he considers how his "tale shows that the trauma inherent in being homeless can be turned around, resulting in transformative growth and positive outcomes."
To learn more about Lincoln's story, check out a video abstract ([link removed] ) featuring the author as he expands upon his Narrative Matters essay.
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In August, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ([link removed] ) , which includes key provisions designed to:
- reduce drug spending by the federal government
- lower prescription drug cost for Medicare beneficiaries
These provisions will unleash forces that will ripple throughout pharmaceutical markets, affecting the behavior of consumers, manufacturers, public and private payers, and other stakeholders in the complex pharmaceutical supply chain.
In particular, Medicare’s newly granted ability to negotiate with manufacturers ([link removed] ) for specific high-cost drugs will have major impacts on markets, with spillover effects for US private payers and non-US purchasers.
Some of the effects are already being felt, as CMS announced the first ten drugs eligible for negotiation in late 2023.
With support from the National Pharmaceutical Council ([link removed] ) , Health Affairs has begun a new initiative – “Eye on the IRA ([link removed] ) ” – to help our readers keep up with news and research regarding implementation of this sweeping piece of legislation.
The multiyear initiative consists of two key parts:
- The Health Affairs IRA Observatory and Related Publications ([link removed] ) – an expert working group of pharmaceutical market stakeholders will inform and guide Health Affairs in identifying newsworthy developments in IRA implementation, providing evidence and information that forms the basis for analyses, written by editorial staff and published in Health Affairs.
- A forthcoming Eye on the IRA series of peer-reviewed journal articles featuring empirical research about the legislation’s effects. Please see the call for papers ([link removed] ) .
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Enabling Better Integration For Dually Eligible Participants In Medicare Value-Based Care Models ([link removed] )
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Celebrating Women's History Month
This Women's History Month, we're elevating women who work to advance health equity and policy.
In a February 2024 article, Jamie R. Daw and coauthors discuss why postpartum Medicaid extensions should be coupled with state initiatives to address beneficiaries’ health and social needs ([link removed] ) .
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