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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
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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 >>
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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