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

**Monday, May 11, 2020**

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IN THE JOURNAL

EYE ON HEALTH REFORM

Risk Corridors, COVID-19, And The ACA

By Katie Keith

Affordable Care Act (ACA) litigation and implementation continue even
amid the coronavirus crisis. The Supreme Court has ruled that insurers
should receive more than $12.2 billion in owed risk corridors payments.
Other ACA litigation continues as well. The Department of Health and
Human Services released final Marketplace enrollment data for 2020,
interoperability standards, guidance on coronavirus, and more. Read More
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Read the May 2020 Table of Contents
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19

Federal Funding For State And Local Contact Tracing Efforts Is An Urgent
Priority, And A Bargain

By Joshua A. Salomon and Arthur L. Reingold

The investment that will help us reopen the United States will cost less
than 1 percent of COVID-19 relief funding to date. Read More >>

MEDICAID

Finding The Sweet Spot: When It Comes To Medicaid MCOs And Payment
Reform, One Size Does Not Fit All

By Julianne McGarry and Suzanne F. Delbanco

Model Medicaid managed care organization contracts from states that have
begun to plot a journey toward payment reform provide an abundance of
forward-thinking and creative program design. Read More >>

HEALTH EQUITY

Inequity: Society's Most Important Pre-Existing Condition

By Bob Hughes

COVID-19 just underscores the oppression that has been embedded in our
systems for years, says the president and CEO of a large health
foundation in the Midwest. Historic racism is front and center during
this time when all of us have various needs. But amidst all of the
tragedy and upheaval, we also can chart a unified course for a
healthier, more equitable future, he says. Read More >>

**A CLOSER LOOK**-Health Inequity

More than fifty years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
health care for racial and ethnic minorities remains in many ways
separate and unequal in the United States. In this Analysis & Commentary
from 2017, Amitabh Chandra, Michael Frakes, and Anup Malani consider
challenges to reducing discrimination and health inequity through
existing civil rights laws
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