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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
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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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