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

**Monday, July 20, 2020**

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EYE ON HEALTH REFORM

Contraceptive Mandate, ACA Final Rules, And COVID-19

By Katie Keith

Katie Keith reviews several key Supreme Court decisions pertaining to
the Affordable Care Act (ACA). These include the court's 7-2
decision in Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v.
Pennsylvania, upholding two Trump-era rules that broadly exempt
employers from complying with the contraceptive mandate of the ACA when
they object for religious or moral reasons. In addition, Keith notes new
federal guidance on the ACA, identifying ACA requirements that are now
being delayed as a result of COVID-19.
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19

Addressing Racial Health Disparities In The COVID-19 Pandemic: Immediate
And Long-Term Policy Solutions

By Leana S. Wen and Nakisa B. Sadeghi

As states begin to reopen, and we look ahead to the next stage of the
COVID-19 pandemic, policy makers, health systems, and public health
authorities should turn attention to concrete steps that can be taken to
ensure that recurring patterns of health disparities do not repeat
themselves. It is not sufficient to advance policy or strategy without
an explicit focus on equity. Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

ACA Litigation Round-Up: Part I

By Katie Keith

This post summarizes the recent Affordable Care Act (ACA)-related
Supreme Court decisions and the latest in California v. Texas. A second
post will discuss the status of long-standing ACA-related lawsuits and
highlight newer lawsuits over ACA implementation. A third post will
focus on the resolution of lawsuits over unpaid risk corridors payments.
Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

CONSIDERING HEALTH SPENDING

Lessons From The Impact Of Price Regulation On The Pricing Of Anticancer
Drugs In Germany

By Victoria D. Lauenroth, Aaron S. Kesselheim, Ameet Sarpatwari, and
Ariel D. Stern

Under the 2011 German Pharmaceutical Market Restructuring Act,
manufacturers set the prices of newly authorized drugs during their
first year on the market. Benefit assessments are carried out during
this year and then used in price negotiations between manufacturers and
representatives of the country's statutory health insurers. Using data
on fifty-seven anticancer drugs launched in Germany from 2002 to 2017,
Victoria Lauenroth and coauthors found that implementation of the act
was associated with drug prices being more closely aligned with clinical
benefit. Read More >>

See our Considering Health Spending
page for more on this
series topic.

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-The Innovation Center

On Health Affairs Blog, Jeff Micklos and coauthors enumerate the
keydrawbacks of the programs conducted by the Center for Medicare and
Medicaid Innovation
(the
Innovation Center) in recent years. Highlighting the importance of a
clear and public vision; the balance of innovation, interaction, and
scale of certain projects; and adjusting financial expectations, the
authors detail how the Innovation Center could accelerate positive
change with appropriate reforms.

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