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

**Wednesday, August 12, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

Community Resilience For COVID-19 And Beyond: Leveraging A System For
Health Care And Social Services Integration

By Amanda L. Brewster, Mark Fleming, Margae Knox, and Anna Roth

Following statewide shelter-in-place orders, California's Contra Costa
County leveraged cross-sector partnerships to reach out to vulnerable
Medicaid enrollees to identify and help manage their social and medical
needs. This experience shows that health care and social service
integration can promote resilience in the face of emerging public health
threats. Read More >>

PAYMENT

Getting It Done: Consensus On Surprise Billing Protections

By Jack Hoadley, Kevin Lucia, and Katie Keith

Action to address surprise medical billing should transcend traditional
bipartisan division. Failure to do so would be a true loss for consumers
in the midst of a global pandemic. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

RESEARCH ARTICLE: PHARMACEUTICALS & MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Medicare Part D Plans Rarely Cover Brand-Name Drugs When Generics Are
Available

By Stacie B. Dusetzina, Juliette Cubanski, Leonce Nshuti, Sarah True,
Jack Hoadley, Drew Roberts, and Tricia Neuman

Stacie Dusetzina and coauthors write: "Recent press reports and other
evidence suggest that Medicare Part D plans may be encouraging the use
of brand-name drugs instead of generics. However, the scope of such
practices is unclear." To explore this question, the authors examine
brand-name and generic drug placements in Medicare formularies. Read
More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

In 2015 the cost of US adult vaccine avoidance was $8.95 billion. That
year only 42 percent of US adults received the flu vaccine. Can a
recovering economy handle such costs in the wake of COVID-19? How can we
increase access and prevent what is already preventable? Reread Sachiko
Ozawa and coauthors' 2016 study in Health Affairs.

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