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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 >>

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 >>

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, a framework 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.

About Health Affairs

Health Affairs is the leading peer-reviewed journal at the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Published monthly by Project HOPE, the journal is available in print and online. Late-breaking content is also found through healthaffairs.org, Health Affairs Today, and Health Affairs Sunday Update.

Project HOPE is a global health and humanitarian relief organization that places power in the hands of local health care workers to save lives across the globe. Project HOPE has published Health Affairs since 1981.

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