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

**Tuesday, August 4, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19

When Storms Collide: Evictions, COVID-19, And Health Equity

By Craig Evan Pollack, Kathryn M. Leifheit, and Sabriya L. Linton

A rising tide of COVID-19-related housing evictions is threatening an
already fragile national health system, economy, and society at large.
Policy solutions exist to prevent evictions and address their root
causes, thereby advancing health and racial equity. Read More >>

3.5 Million Social Needs Requests During COVID-19: What Can We Learn
From 2-1-1?

By Matthew W. Kreuter, Rachel Garg, Irum Javed, Balaji Golla, Jennifer
Wolff, and Cindy Charles

During COVID-19, the volume of requests to 2-1-1 helplines has increased
dramatically. We have monitored these data throughout the pandemic and
are sharing the findings online in more than 65 reports, spanning many
dimensions of health, social, and economic impact across the US. Here,
we synthesize these findings into four broad observations and discuss
their implications. Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

California, House File Reply Briefs in Texas

By Katie Keith

New briefs from the House of Representatives and California in
California v. Texas argue that 1) the individual and state plaintiffs
lack standing to sue; 2) the individual mandate, with a $0 penalty,
remains constitutional; and 3) the mandate, even if unconstitutional, is
severable from the rest of the ACA. Read More >>

AcademyHealth ARM

The AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting continues this week! Meet our
editors at the Health Affairs exhibit booth
.

Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil, who joins a panel to
talk about structural racism during a live plenary on Thursday, August
6, 3:30-4:30 PM: Structural Racism in HSR: Honest Reflections on Our
Role and the Path Forward
.

IN THE JOURNAL

RESEARCH ARTICLE: AGE-FRIENDLY HEALTH

Receipt Of Home-Based Medical Care Among Older Beneficiaries Enrolled In
Fee-For-Service Medicare

By Jennifer M. Reckrey, Mia Yang, Bruce Kinosian, Evan Bollens-Lund,
Bruce Leff, Christine Ritchie, and Katherine Ornstein

More than seven million older Americans are considered homebound,
leaving home rarely, if at all, and only with difficulty or assistance.
Jennifer Reckrey and coauthors analyze Medicare claims data and find
that a very large number of people who could benefit from home-based
medical services are not receiving them. This article appears in a new
Health Affairs series on Age-Friendly Health supported by the John A.
Hartford Foundation. Read More >>

Read the August 2020 Table of Contents
.

Subscribe to Health Affairs for full journal access.

HEALTH AFFAIRS ANNOUNCEMENT

We're Seeking Policy Narratives About Climate And Health

The Narrative Matters section of

**Health Affairs** is seeking personal essay submissions that touch on
the topic of the impact of climate change on health, for the journal's
December 2020 issue. Read More >>

**A CLOSER LOOK**-Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Behavioral
Health Care

In June 2016, Margarita Alegria and coauthors wrote that the Affordable
Care Act helped greatly expand access to behavioral health care, "but
many reform initiatives fail to consider research about racial/ethnic
minorities
. Mistaken
assumptions that underlie the expansion of behavioral health care run
the risk of replicating existing service disparities." In today's
current racial climate and health crisis, can we say we have made
progress?

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