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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 >>

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Poems must be previously unpublished.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!

About Health Affairs

Health Affairs is the leading peer-reviewed journal at the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Published monthly by Project HOPE, the journal is available in print and online. Late-breaking content is also found through healthaffairs.org, Health Affairs Today, and Health Affairs Sunday Update.

Project HOPE is a global health and humanitarian relief organization that places power in the hands of local health care workers to save lives across the globe. Project HOPE has published Health Affairs since 1981.

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