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

**Tuesday, September 3, 2019**

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IN THE JOURNAL

NEW ISSUE:
NEIGHBORHOODS & HEALTH,
MEDICAID & MORE

The September issue of

**Health Affairs** includes a cluster of studies on the culture of
health: how neighborhood characteristics affect health and local efforts
can respond to health care challenges. Other topics in the issue include
Medicaid, hospitals, disparities, and global health policy.

The culture of health content in the September issue was supported by
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Read the September 2019 table of contents
.

From the Editor-in-Chief

HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS

MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEMS

September 12, 2019:  Reserve Officers Association - Washington, DC
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Eastern
Register for this event
Table of Contents
Speakers

Join us on September 12 and participate in a robust discussion on The
Role Of The Military Health System In Ensuring Readiness And Supporting
Skills For Battlefield Support and The Complex Relationship Between
Military Treatment Facilities And Purchased Civilian Care.    

HEALTH SPENDING:  MOVING FROM THEORY TO ACTION

September 11, 2019:  National Press Club - Washington, DC
NEW TIME! 10:00 am - 3:30 pm Eastern (9:30 am breakfast)
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Speakers

On September 11, Health Affairs and NPC will host a forum to address the
pressures presented by soaring health costs on individuals, employers,
and government; strategies among payers and others to promote
cost-effective care; and efforts currently underway to bring costs under
control.                                   

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

CONSIDERING HEALTH SPENDING

The Case For Market-Based Price Caps

By Michael E. Chernew, Maximilian J. Pany, and Richard G. Frank

Failure to act will lead to a much more draconian intervention. It is
thus in many providers' interest not only to support action but to
help shape that action so that it will allow them to continue serving
their mission while being effective at eliminating some of the extreme
abuses we are now experiencing. Read More >>

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A CLOSER LOOK-Measles

There's a "reasonable chance" that the United States will lose its
measles elimination status in October because of ongoing measles
outbreaks in New York, according to Nancy Messonnier, director of the
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD). This
Health Affairs Blog

post from June 2019 says that to fight the measles outbreak, health
departments must balance civil liberties with civic accountability.

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