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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Monday, August 24, 2020
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19Expanding Community-Based Immunization To Meet Today’s Vaccine Challenges
By Purva Rawal, Jennifer Rak, Elizabeth Docteur, and Lu Zawistowich
To ensure timely and equitable access to vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic, the health care delivery system must reconfigure resources and make additional investments in three existing community-based sites that policy makers and stakeholders should build on through additional support and partnership. Read More >>
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IN THE JOURNAL
RESEARCH ARTICLE: AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT
Costs Are Higher For Marketplace Members Who Enroll During Special Enrollment Periods Compared With Open Enrollment
By Laura F. Garabedian, Robert LeCates, Alison Galbraith,
Dennis Ross-Degnan, and J. Frank Wharam
Adverse selection, the phenomenon in which people are more likely to enroll in a health insurance plan when they have a medical need, has the potential to threaten the stability of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, or Marketplaces. This study examines the trends among those who enrolled during a special enrollment period in a Marketplace of a large national insurer. Read More >>
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A CLOSER LOOK—Opioid Addiction
Opioid addiction doesn't only begin at home. Mukul Mehra explains that the first step toward addiction often begins in the hospital. Opioid addiction is then further complicated by a multitude of issues like access to care, withdrawal, electronic medical records, and ensuring high-quality care within a patient's hospital stay.
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