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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Friday, July 5, 2019
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IN THE JOURNAL
GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY
Twenty Years Of Antiretroviral Therapy For People Living With HIV: Global Costs, Health Achievements, Economic Benefits
By Steven S. Forsythe, William McGreevey, Alan Whiteside, Maunank Shah, Joshua Cohen, Robert Hecht, Lori A. Bollinger, and Anthony Kinghorn
Steven Forsythe and coauthors calculate that antiretroviral therapies have already cut annual HIV death rates by more than half relative to what they would have been, from 2.5 million to 1.1 million per year. Read More >>
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PODCAST: NEWSMAKERS
In a WTOP-FM interview, Editor-In-Chief Alan Weil previews the Democratic presidential debates, noting that while several candidates are proposing Medicare for all, voters might be more concerned about containing health costs. Listen here.
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A CLOSER LOOK—Nonprofit Hospitals
A new JAMA study examines aggressive tactics that some hospitals are taking over unpaid bills, including suing patients. Out of the hospitals surveyed, a large number of those that garnish wages are nonprofit hospitals. A Health Affairs study from 2016 found that seven of the top ten most profitable hospitals were nonprofit.
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HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS
PAST EVENT: PATIENTS AS CONSUMERS
The March 2019 issue of Health Affairs contains an expansive look at consumers’ perceptions of and perspectives on their role in the health care system. Get caught up with the event:
slides (click on Download Event), video, and podcast.
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