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

**Tuesday, June 30, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG
PUBLIC HEALTH

Police Transparency Is A Public Health Issue, Too

By Evan L. Eschliman, Brie A. Garner, Tiffany Le, Priyanka Srinivasan,
and Robert E. Fullilove

When facing police misconduct and brutality, public health does not have
everything that it needs to analyze trends, design and promote
interventions, and inform policy around this issue to improve population
health. Read More >>

MEDICARE

Bipartisan Tax-Free Solution To Health Care Financing: Coupling HRAs
With A Public Option

By Regina E. Herzlinger, Richard J. Boxer, and James Wallace

A combination of health insurance initiatives by the presumptive 2020
Democratic and Republican presidential nominees could expand health care
coverage and significantly reduce costs, without raising taxes. Along
the way, the combination could revitalize private plans.
Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

HOME HEALTH

Home Health Use In Medicare Advantage Compared To Use In Traditional
Medicare

By Laura Skopec, Stephen Zuckerman, Joshua Aarons, Douglas Wissoker,
Peter J. Huckfeldt, Judith Feder, Robert A. Berenson, Judith Dey, and
Iara Oliveira

Medicare covers home health benefits for homebound beneficiaries who
need intermittent skilled care. While home health care can help prevent
costlier institutional care, some studies have suggested that
traditional Medicare beneficiaries may overuse home health care. Laura
Skopec and coauthors compared home health use in Medicare Advantage and
traditional Medicare, as well as within Medicare Advantage by
beneficiary cost sharing, prior authorization requirement, and plan
type. Read More >>

HOT ARTICLES IN JUNE

Racism In My Medical Education

By Michelle Ko

The Potential Health Care Costs And Resource Use Associated With
COVID-19 In The United States

By Sarah M. Bartsch, Marie C. Ferguson, James A. McKinnell, Kelly J.
O'Shea, Patrick T. Wedlock, Sheryl S. Siegmund, and Bruce Y. Lee

Buprenorphine Treatment By Primary Care Providers, Psychiatrists,
Addiction Specialists, And Others

By Mark Olfson, Victoria Zhang, Michael Schoenbaum, and Marissa King

Paying For Value From Costly Medical Technologies: A Framework For
Applying Value-Based Payment Reforms

By Marianne Hamilton Lopez, Gregory W. Daniel, Nicholas C. Fiore, Aparna
Higgins, and Mark B. McClellan

Varying Trends In The Financial Viability Of US Rural Hospitals,
2011-17

By Ge Bai, Farah Yehia, Wei Chen, and Gerard F. Anderson

Read the June 2020 Table of Contents
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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Health And Incarceration

Nationwide, American Indians and Alaska Natives comprise more than 2
percent of the US population and, like other racial/ethnic minorities,
are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. In a Health Affairs
Blog post, Rachel Simon and coauthors write, "Limiting the health
harms of incarceration could represent a key strategy to strengthen
community health in rural American Indian and Alaska Native communities
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