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

**Friday, April 3, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

Accountable Care And Population Health In Time Of Pandemic

By Alex Kazberouk

Alternative payment models were not designed with a pandemic in mind and
will be challenged by current events. Read More >>

The COVID-19 Pandemic: Practice And Policy Considerations For Patients
With Opioid Use Disorder

By Kelsey C. Priest

Structural barriers to care for people with opioid use disorder abound,
and the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates issues of access and safety for
patients with this condition. Read More >>

MEDICAID

Alternative Drug Purchasing Arrangements Do Not Justify Raising The
Prices Medicaid Pays For Brand Drugs

By Edwin Park and Andrea Noda

Drug manufacturers and some federal policy makers support statutory
modifications to the best-price requirement that they believe will
increase uptake of alternative purchasing arrangements. Such
modifications, however, could sharply increase federal and state
Medicaid drug costs and lead to harmful Medicaid cuts that reduce access
to needed care for the tens of millions of low-income people who rely on
Medicaid. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

Specialty Substance Use Disorder Treatment Admissions Steadily Increased
In The Four Years After Medicaid Expansion

By Brendan Saloner and Johanna Catherine Maclean

Brendan Saloner and Johanna Catherine Maclean present new evidence on
how the Medicaid expansion led to rapid increases in specialty substance
use disorder treatment. Read More >>

HOT ARTICLES IN MARCH

The Affordable Care Act Turns 10

The Power Of Access To Affordable Care

By Rachel J. Stern

The ACA's Individual Mandate In Retrospect: What Did It Do, And Where
Do We Go From Here?

By Matthew Fiedler

Did The ACA Lower Americans' Financial Barriers To Health Care?

By Sherry A. Glied, Sara R. Collins, and Saunders Lin

How Have ACA Insurance Expansions Affected Health Outcomes? Findings
From The Literature

By Aparna Soni, Laura R. Wherry, and Kosali I. Simon

Read the March 2020 Table of Contents
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A CLOSER LOOK-Lessons From Taiwan

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads around the world, Taiwan's
aggressive efforts are paying off in the fight against COVID-19. In
2009, Health Affairs author Tsung-Mei Cheng interviewed Taiwan's
Health Minister Ching-Chuan Yeh to discuss lessons from Taiwan's
universal national health insurance program
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