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

**Wednesday, July 10, 2019**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

FOLLOWING THE ACA

Fifth Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Texas v. United States

By Katie Keith

Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
held a 1.5-hour hearing in Texas v. United States, a lawsuit challenging
the constitutionality of the individual mandate and, with it, the entire
ACA.Read More >>

PAYMENT

Resolving Surprise Medical Bills

By Kevin A. Schulman, Arnold Milstein, and Barak D. Richman

If Congress can maintain the proposed cap approach, it will take
advantage of a unique opportunity to provide both a solution to surprise
bills and a tremendous step forward in reducing the high cost of health
care. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

NURSES

In Hospitals With More Nurses Who Have Baccalaureate Degrees, Better
Outcomes For Patients After Cardiac Arrest

By Jordan M. Harrison, Linda H. Aiken, Douglas M. Sloane, J. Margo
Brooks Carthon, Raina M. Merchant, Robert A. Berg, Matthew D. McHugh,
and for the American Heart Association's Get With the
Guidelines-Resuscitation Investigators

Jordan Harrison and coauthors add to the evidence base regarding the
relationship between nursing education and patient outcomes. Based on
data from four representative states, they find that a
10-percentage-point increase in the share of hospital nursing staff with
a bachelor's degree corresponds with a 24 percent increase in a
patient's odds of surviving an in-hospital cardiac arrest with limited
cerebral damage. Read More >>

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Call For Submissions: Narrative Matters Poetry Contest 2019

The Narrative Matters section of Health Affairs is seeking poetry
submissions for an upcoming issue of the journal.

We are holding a poetry contest, from July 1 to August 31, looking for
well-crafted poems that touch on topics related to health and health
policy. Three winning poems will be announced in September. Winning
poets will receive a monetary prize-$500 for first place, $300 for
second, and $100 for third-as well as publication in Health Affairs,
and two copies of the issue containing the winning poem.

All entries will be read and judged by Health Affairs staff.

* Limit 3 poems submitted per person. Each poem-in pdf or word doc
format-should be submitted as a separate entry through our submission
portal here .

* Poems must be no longer than a single-spaced page, with double spaces
between stanzas

* Font size no smaller than 11 point.

* Poems must be written in English.

* Poems must be previously unpublished.

* Poems themselves should contain no personal identifiers.

You can read some earlier poems published by

**Health Affairs**, including the winners of the 2015 Narrative Matters
poetry contest
,
poems by patients and consumers
,
poems on vulnerable populations
,
and poems on the cancer experience
.

We look forward to reading your submissions!

A CLOSER LOOK-Generic Drugs

A new analysis of recent National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC)
data by the firm 46brooklyn suggests that generic price deflation is at
its lowest rate in at least two years. Generic deflation helps to offset
the costs of new and brand-name drugs. A Health Affairs paper from
October 2018 examined recent price increases for generic drugs
in
Medicare Part D.

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