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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
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 post.
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