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

**Tuesday, May 26, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19

Centering The Needs Of Birthing People During The COVID-19 Pandemic

By Erin Miller and Samantha Espinoza

During the COVID-19 pandemic, states must address safety concerns of
birthing people, their communities, and their health care providers.
Read More >>

To Stem The Spread of COVID-19, Address The Challenges Of Crowded
Housing

By Duncan Maru, Sheela Maru, Elizabeth Bass, and Joseph Masci

For neighborhoods like ours to experience post-COVID-war recovery, we
need to address the short- and long-term housing crisis that made us
tragically vulnerable to COVID-19 in the first place. We will require a
large-scale effort of solidarity, imagination, and commitment to rebuild
our communities and, ultimately, eradicate the scourge of COVID-19. Read
More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

Latest Coverage Proposals In Congress

By Katie Keith

Congressional Democrats have released several recent proposals related
to health insurance coverage and the COVID-19 crisis. On May 15, 2020,
the House passed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency
Solutions (Heroes) Act. And on May 22, 2020, a coalition of 33
Democratic senators issued a new proposal to expand health care coverage
and affordability during the pandemic. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

MEDICAID

Iowa's Medicaid Healthy Behaviors Program Associated With Reduced
Hospital-Based Care But Higher Spending, 2012-17

By Brad Wright, Youn Soo Jung, Natoshia M. Askelson, Elizabeth T.
Momany, and Peter Damiano

Iowa's Healthy Behaviors Program (HBP) requires Medicaid expansion
enrollees to complete an annual wellness exam and health risk assessment
or pay monthly premiums to avoid disenrollment. Using data for 2012-17
from Medicaid and for 2014-17 from HBP, Brad Wright and coauthors
evaluated changes in use of hospital-based care and spending associated
with HBP participation. Read More >>

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Implementation Matters: Lessons From Iowa Medicaid's Healthy Behaviors
Program

By Natoshia M. Askelson, Brad Wright, Patrick J. Brady, Youn Soo Jung,
Elizabeth T. Momany, Brooke McInroy, and Peter Damiano

Natoshia Askelson and coauthors used claims data and interviews to
document the first year (2014) of Iowa's Healthy Behaviors Program
implementation.Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Optional Medicaid Programs
Optional Medicaid programs to encourage population wellness have had
mixed results. Astha Singhal and coauthors
used data
from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine how many
low-income adults took advantage of optional dental benefits under
Medicaid expansion. Among states that provided dental benefits and
expanded their Medicaid program, they found that childless adults had a
significant increase (1.8 percentage points) in the likelihood of having
had a dental visit, while parents had a significant decline (8.1
percentage points).

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