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

**Wednesday, April 1, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

Using Federal Reinsurance To Address The Health Care Financial
Consequences Of COVID-19

By Sherry Glied and Katherine Swartz

While the recent CARES legislation, which allocates about $100 billion
toward the hospital sector, will help pay for essential equipment and
increase Medicare payments for COVID-19 care by 20 percent, additional
steps will be needed to protect patients and providers against the
health care-related financial consequences of the epidemic. Read More
>>

Getting Ahead Of COVID-19 Issues: Dying From Respiratory Failure Out Of
The Hospital

By Joanne Lynn

When a person is likely to die if he or she gets this disease, we should
be clear about what treatment the person wants. Read More >>

Implement Critical Care Surge Strategies Now To Save Lives

By Mahshid Abir, Kaitlyn Entel, and Christopher Nelson

Coordinating actions across state and federal governments and across
public and private spheres, and implementing creative strategies now and
in the coming weeks, could improve hospital readiness and, ultimately,
save lives. Read More >>

Native American Communities And COVID-19: How Foundations Can Help

By Heidi A. Schultz

The outlook for an effective and comprehensive response to the COVID-19
outbreak among American Indians and Alaska Natives is bleak. As of March
29, 2020, 165 Natives had tested positive for COVID-19. The author, who
works for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, enumerates a number of
ways that foundations can help this population. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

The ACA's Effect On The Individual Insurance Market

By Sabrina Corlette, Linda J. Blumberg, and Kevin Lucia

Sabrina Corlette and colleagues, who note that "a key element of the
strategy of the [Affordable Care Act] to expand coverage was to fix
flaws in the individual market that made it difficult for people with
health problems to obtain adequate, affordable insurance," describe the
significant transformation of this market. Read More >>

Read the March 2020 Table of Contents
.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES-Telehealth Issue

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, being quarantined or isolated has
resulted in a greater reliance on virtual medical appointments and
patient care, known commonly as telehealth.

In December 2018, our issue
was focused solely on
telehealth, its associated technologies, its broad reach, and
significant areas of unrealized potential. Access this valuable resource
via print
or
online .

You can also watch our Telehealth event online
,
listen to our podcast
, and
download the event slides

(click on Download Event).

A CLOSER LOOK-Racial/Ethnic Gaps In Child Health

The US child population is rapidly becoming more racially and ethnically
diverse, yet there are persistent racial/ethnic gaps in child health.
Identifying effective policies requires a rigorous approach, yet there
is a lack of information about which policies improve equity. A Health
Affairs article from 2014 introduces the Policy Equity Assessment,
aframework that combines policy assessment and rigorous equity methods
to
both synthesize existing research and identify and conduct new analyses
of policies' ability to reduce racial/ethnic inequities.

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