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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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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