Friday, March 8, 2024 | The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Dear John,
On Tuesday, March 19, you are invited to join Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil when he welcomes Douglas Jacobs, Chief Transformation Officer at CMS, for another edition of Policy Spotlight.
In their new article in the March issue of Health Affairs, Kate Strully, Pinka Chatterji, and colleagues at the State University of New York at Albany explore the associations between Medicaid expansions under the Affordable Care Act and maternal health outcomes among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women.
Using 2010–19 data, they conclude that Medicaid expansions increased Medicaid coverage for AI/AN women. Medicaid expansions, however, had no effects on first-trimester prenatal care usage or birthweight among AI/AN women.
The authors attributed these null effects to structural inequalities experienced by AI/AN women, including inadequate access to providers, economic inequality, structural racism, and other social determinants of health.
The authors conclude that those seeking to advance health among AI/AN women should address the broader social, economic, environmental, and historical factors that shape health among this population.
In the paper, authors examine the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Marketplaces and how reinsurance affects the premium minimum cost of coverage and enrollment in Marketplaces for the large majority of enrollees who receive premium subsidies.
On March 14, author David M. Anderson of Duke University will join Health Affairs Senior Editor Kathleen Haddad for a detailed discussion of the paper’s data, methods, and policy implications.
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