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

**Friday, May 22, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19

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Congress Should Redirect The Medicare Shared Savings Program To Address
The COVID-19 Emergency

By Tim Gronniger, Anna Loengard, Lynn Barr, and Louise Yinug

The current pandemic is a risk that can only be properly assumed by the
federal government. Accountable care organization (ACO) participants
cannot realistically budget and prepare for such an event on their own,
but Congress should harness the ACO infrastructure to combat the
pandemic and its secondary effects. Read More >>

Protecting The Hidden Homeless During COVID-19 And Beyond

By David Velasquez, Henry Ashworth, and Amanda Stewart

Because of their higher likelihood of baseline poor health and inability
to isolate themselves, Americans who live in and out of motels and sober
living facilities will be disproportionately affected by COVID-19. This
crisis requires us to design better systems that monitor and support
this often-forgotten population. Read More >>

Under The Radar: Affordable Senior Housing Communities Need Support To
Fight COVID-19

By Robyn I. Stone, Alisha Sanders, and Geralyn Magan

Approximately two million older adults live in rental properties
assisted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and other
federal sources. Federal, state, and local policy makers must recognize
that publicly subsidized senior housing communities are hotspots for
COVID-19 infection and spread. These policy makers must then use a
multipronged approach to mitigate outbreaks and do so in partnership
with one another. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

NARRATIVE MATTERS: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE

Held Against Our Wills: Reimagining Involuntary Commitment

By Abraham M. Nussbaum

Abraham Nussbaum argues that involuntary psychiatric treatment for
people with serious mental illness should focus on returning to health
instead of reducing danger. Read More >>

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BOOK REVIEWS

Consumerism Made Real

By Jeff Goldsmith

Jeff Goldsmith reviews Peter Ubel's Sick to Debt: How Smarter Markets
Lead to Better Care, "a timely and searching review of the evidence on
the effectiveness of consumer decision making in health care." Read More
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An Immigration Raid's Long-Lasting Damage

By Yasmin Sokkar Harker

Yasmin Sokkar Harker reviews Separated: Family And Community In The
Aftermath Of An Immigration Raid, by William D. Lopez,  "a powerful
story of suffering." Read More >> 

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ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Access To Cutting-Edge Care

As we collectively work to build and improve health care and health care
payment systems, we should hold in the front of our minds the fact that
adjustments to these systems must expand access to both standard and
cutting-edge care. In a Narrative Matters article, Ashley R. Clayton
discusses overcoming systemic hurdles to stay on the only effective
treatment for her depression: ketamine
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