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

**Friday, May 1, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19

Protecting Incarcerated People In The Face Of COVID-19: A Health And
Human Rights Perspective

By Donald M. Berwick, Leanne Gale, Faith Barksdale, and Megan Hauptman

Reports are proliferating of incarcerated individuals and staff members
in detention facilities testing positive for COVID-19, and these cases
are likely to increase exponentially unless immediate action is taken.
We must do everything we can to preserve the health, dignity, and human
rights of incarcerated people before it's too late. Read More >>

PAYMENT

Consumer Protection Realignment: Shifting Consumer Billing From
Providers To Health Plans

By John A. Sackett and Allen Dobson

Consumer protection realignment would alter the balance of
responsibility between plans and providers-plans would have an
increased incentive to manage population health, and providers could
enjoy lower costs and less consumer "collection" hassle. Read More
>>

ELSEWHERE@HEALTHAFFAIRS

Meet The Winners Of The Narrative Matters Poetry Contest

By Jessica Bylander

In honor of National Poetry Month, the Narrative Matters section of
Health Affairs is pleased to announce the three winning poems of its
second-ever poetry contest, and tell you a bit about the poets
themselves. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

NARRATIVE MATTERS

Read the three winning poems in the Narrative Matters poetry contest:

The Headache

By Anjali Jain

Epidemic

By Ronald O. Valdiserri

Admission

By Alex Sievert

Listen to the poems here.

HOT ARTICLES IN APRIL

Linking Health And Social Services Through Area Agencies On Aging Is
Associated With Lower Health Care Use And Spending

By Amanda L. Brewster, Traci L. Wilson, Jennifer Frehn, Diane Berish,
and Suzanne R. Kunkel

National Health Expenditure Projections, 2019-28: Expected Rebound In
Prices Drives Rising Spending Growth

By Sean P. Keehan, Gigi A. Cuckler, John A. Poisal, Andrea M. Sisko,
Sheila D. Smith, Andrew J. Madison, Kathryn E. Rennie, Jacqueline A.
Fiore, and James C. Hardesty

Integrating Social Services & Health DataGraphic

Health And Human Services Integration: Generating Sustained Health And
Equity Improvements

By Caroline Fichtenberg, Jorge Delva, Karen Minyard, and Laura M.
Gottlieb

Read the April 2020 Table of Contents
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Subscribe to Health Affairs for full journal access.

**A CLOSER LOOK**-Medical Devices

The US-one of the largest markets for pharmaceuticals and medical
devices in the world- is one of the few industrialized countries that
does not regulate device prices. In a Health Affairs Blog post, Cornelia
Henschke and Rita F. Redberg discuss reasons for medical device price
differentials that might arise from countries' diverging regulatory
frameworks
,
focusing especially on the case of drug-eluting stents.

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