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

**Tuesday, May 12, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19

In The Fight Against COVID-19, It's Not Too Late To Fix America's
Public Health System

By Oxiris Barbot

It shouldn't take mass casualties for the federal government to commit
to safeguarding the public's health. The cost of inaction is so clear.
When public health systems are willing but unable to address developing
threats, families, communities, and the economy suffer unimaginable
losses.Read More >>

The Importance Of Nursing Home Transparency And Oversight, Even In The
Midst Of A Pandemic

By David G. Stevenson and Alice Bonner

During the COVID-19 crisis, nursing home oversight agencies must
emphasize transparency while ensuring that residents and staff are
connected to the resources and social supports they desperately need.
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Flu Masks Failed In 1918, But We Need Them Now

By E. Thomas Ewing

We need to learn the right lessons from the failure of flu masks in
1918. Masks can work if we wear them correctly, modify behavior
appropriately, and apply all available tools to control the spread of
infectious disease. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

MEDICARE

Switching Between Medicare Advantage And Traditional Medicare Before And
After The Onset Of Functional Disability

By Claire K. Ankuda, Katherine A. Ornstein, Kenneth E. Covinsky, Evan
Bollens-Lund, Diane E. Meier, and Amy S. Kelley

Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have increasing flexibility to provide
nonmedical services to support older adults aging in place in the
community. However, prior research has suggested that enrollees with
functional disability were more likely than those without disability to
leave MA plans. Claire Ankuda and coauthors used data from the National
Health and Aging Trends Study linked to Medicare claims to measure and
characterize switches in either direction between MA and traditional
Medicare in the twelve months before and after onset of disability. Read
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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Pandemic Preparedness

"Preventing and fighting outbreaks is a complex and multidimensional
effort involving an array of complementary elements in addition to
research and development, such as surveillance, education, health care
infrastructure, and overall coordination," according to Kenneth
Gustavsen. On Health Affairs Blog in March 2016, Gustavsen made
recommendations to improve pandemic preparedness
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