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

**Monday, August 3, 2020**

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IN THE JOURNAL

NEW ISSUE:
COVID-19, HOME HEALTH & MORE

The August issue of

**Health Affairs** includes studies focusing on aspects of home health,
disparities in access to care, and comparative multicounty surveys on
different global health policy topics. The issue also includes a broad
range of perspectives related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read the August 2020 table of contents
.

L
isten
to an introduction of the issue from Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil.

Read "From the Editor-in-Chief."

TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

COVID-19, Market Consolidation, And Price Growth

By Laura Tollen and Elizabeth Keating

Health care market consolidation-which will likely accelerate
post-COVID-19-is often cited as a factor in rising prices and
increased growth in overall spending. The Health Affairs Council on
Health Care Spending and Value asked what impact market consolidation is
likely to have on spending growth, and what could or should be done
about it. Read More >>

COVID-19 Job Losses Threaten Insurance Coverage And Access To
Reproductive Health Care For Millions

By Adam Sonfield, Jennifer J. Frost, Ruth Dawson, and Laura D. Lindberg

The current upheaval in employer-sponsored insurance can be expected to
have substantial consequences for people seeking sexual and reproductive
health. Publicly supported clinics and insurance programs will be asked
to serve more people and face new financial and logistical pressures,
compounded by years of sustained political attacks by opponents of
reproductive rights. Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

Fifth Circuit Upholds Certification Rule For Medicaid MCOs

By Katie Keith

On July 31, 2020, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of
Appeals reversed a lower court ruling that the government owed six
states about $479 million for the Affordable Care Act's health
insurance tax as applied to Medicaid managed care entities from 2014 to
2016. Read More >>

**A CLOSER LOOK**-Vaccine Supply Chains

Supply chains are strained in many developing countries, and the
potential inability to distribute new vaccines will place lives at risk.
In Health Affairs, Judith R. Kaufmann, Roger Miller, and James Cheyne
presented informed opinions and recommendations about vaccine supply
chains
based on their collective experience and the views of experts.

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