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

**Wednesday, June 10, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19

Strengthening The Medicare Trust Fund In The Era Of COVID-19

By David M. Cutler, Richard G. Frank, Jonathan Gruber, and Joseph P.
Newhouse

Key financial and programmatic changes to the Medicare Trust Fund would
improve the financial situation of the fund by at least $51 billion per
year. These changes would put new obligations on the Part B program,
which could be offset by savings from reduced payments for prescription
drugs and home health services. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

RURAL HEALTH

The Impact Of Medicare's Rural Add-On Payments On Supply Of Home
Health Agencies Serving Rural Counties

By Tracy M. Mroz, Davis G. Patterson, and Bianca K. Frogner

With the goal of increasing rural access to home health services, the
Medicare program has periodically provided add-on payments to agencies
serving rural communities. Tracy Mroz and coauthors analyze payments
over more than fifteen years and find that only when add-on payments
exceed 5 percent is there a positive effect on the supply of home health
agencies in rural counties. Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Health Inequities

Health inequities among people of different races and ethnicities,
geographic locations, and social classes are not a new phenomenon,
although the size of the inequities has changed since researchers first
began documenting them. A 2017 Health Affairs article highlights trends
in four domains-health care technologies, health reform policies,
widening socioeconomic inequality, and environmental hazards-that may
exacerbate health inequities in the United States
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