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

**Thursday, August 6, 2020**

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FAST TRACK AHEAD OF PRINT

COVID-19

COVID-19 Has Increased Medicaid Enrollment, But Short-Term Enrollment
Changes Are Unrelated To Job Losses

By Chris Frenier, Sayeh S. Nikpay, and Ezra Golberstein

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented number of job
losses, disrupting health insurance for millions of Americans who had
relied on employer-based coverage. Chris Frenier, Sayeh S. Nikpay, and
Ezra Golberstein looked for a relationship between increased Medicaid
enrollment and unemployment during the first few months of the COVID-19
pandemic. The authors reviewed available monthly Medicaid enrollment
data for March-May 2020 from twenty-six states to document changes in
Medicaid enrollment during this period, as well as how the extent of job
loss might be reflected in increased Medicaid enrollment. Read More >>

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

How To Increase Flu Vaccination During The COVID-19 Pandemic

By Jenna Clark

The same old strategies that have kept flu vaccination rates stagnant
for years won't be enough. If we want to save lives, we need to move
beyond myth busting and education into tackling the real reasons why
people don't get vaccinated. Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

New Guidance Allows Premium Credits For Consumers
By
Katie Keith

On August 4, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued
guidance to enable insurers in the individual and small-group markets to
temporarily reduce monthly premiums via a premium credit. A premium
reduction could significantly help consumers, especially those facing
financial instability from the pandemic. Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Get A Grippe: The Controversy Over Pandemic Flu
Research

In 2012 the biomedical community had its ethics shaken by attempted
censorship of the publication of two pandemic reports on how the H5N1
flu's lethality could easily be altered and made worse. Now in the
midst of COVID-19, with eyes fixed on what the world will look like once
a vaccine exists, are we ethically ready for potential challenges?
Reread Art Caplan's 2012 Health Affairs Blog

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