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Friday, June 26, 2020
Health Affairs Event: Culture of Health
HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENT

The July 2020 issue of Health Affairs contains a cluster of articles on a recurring theme: the culture of health, and specifically, how factors outside the health system—like food, income and work—play a significant role in health and health equity.

On Wednesday, July 8, Health Affairs editor-in-chief Alan Weil will host an online forum featuring a selection of authors who contributed to the policy proposals and analysis in the issue, and leaders in state and local governments who everyday are striving to find creative, effective, and equitable ways to deliver services during these most extraordinary and challenging times.

Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. (Eastern)
Place: Online details to come after you’ve registered

Speakers to include:

  • Kimm R. Campbell, Assistant County Administrator, Broward County, Florida
  • Emilie Courtin, Assistant Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, on “The Health Effects Of Expanding The Earned Income Tax Credit: Results From New York City.”
  • Julia Goodman, Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University, on “Among Low-Income Women In San Francisco, Low Awareness Of Paid Parental Leave Benefits Inhibits Take-Up”
  • Erica Kenney, Assistant Professor, H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, on “Impact of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act on Obesity Trend”
  • Marc Nicole, President, National Association of State Budget Officers
  • Mona N. Shah, Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Health Affairs thanks Romana Hasnain-Wynia of the Denver Health and Hospital Authority for serving as adviser on the culture of health articles in this issue. We thank the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for their financial support for these articles and online briefing.

TODAY ON THE BLOG

FOLLOWING THE ACA

New Congressional Investigation Of Short-Term Plans
By Katie Keith

A new House Energy and Commerce Committee report has been released after a year-long investigation of short-term, limited duration insurance (STLDI) and the practices used by insurers and brokers who market these products. The report provides one of the only known comprehensive examinations into the practices of STLDI insurers and brokers. Read More >>
COVID-19

How Medicaid Must Upgrade Its Information Technology For The Huge Increase In Enrollment Arising From COVID-19
By Jack Meyer

Many Medicaid information technology systems are the health care equivalent of antiquated clunker cars. Such systems could prove to be a major barrier to the large number of people becoming newly eligible for Medicaid due to sharply rising COVID-19–related unemployment. Read More >>


The Uses of Adversity: Leveraging The COVID-19 Response To Eliminate Viral Hepatitis
By Ronald O. Valdiserri, Alexander Billioux, Boatemaa Ntiri-Reid, and Lauren Canary

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vital role that public health plays in the well-being of all citizens, especially populations that have long suffered health inequities. We can and must use the opportunities afforded by the SARS-CoV-2 response to address other pressing health needs of these same populations, including viral hepatitis and HIV. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

END-OF-LIFE CARE

Trends In Residential Setting And Hospice Use At The End Of Life For Medicare Decedents
By Melissa D. Aldridge, Katherine A. Ornstein, Karen McKendrick, Jaison Moreno, Jennifer M. Reckrey, and Lihua Li

As more people live and die in the community despite complex health needs and functional impairment, the need for hospice increases. Using nationally representative data, Melissa Aldridge and coauthors found that 9.8 percent of Medicare beneficiaries spend the end of their life in community-based residential settings and that these people had significantly higher rates of hospice use over the study period, compared with those in private residences and nursing homes. Read More >>
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NARRATIVE MATTERS: HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION

Racism In My Medical Education
By Michelle Ko

An Asian American physician calls for more diversity and a commitment to health equity in US medical schools. Read More >>

A CLOSER LOOK—Life-Support Technologies

As the US population ages, the current epidemic of overly mechanized deaths threatens to explode into a major public health—and fiscal—crisis. Jessica Nutik Zitter writes on Health Affairs Blog, “as a society, we must look carefully at our US tendency to celebrate technology and to assume that 'doing something' implies that we care.”
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