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

**Friday, September 6, 2019**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

ACCESS TO CARE

What Can The National Weather Service Teach Us About Disseminating
Health Care Price Information?

By John D. Freedman, Linda R. Green, and Ateev Mehrotra

If successful, this challenge will help move us to a future where there
is a robust "secondary market" of data disseminators who help patients
get the price information they need.
Read More >>

PHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICAL INNOVATION

It's Time For Congress To Go All In On Drug Pricing Reform

By John Arnold

Prescription drug spending is rising rapidly and is expected to grow
faster than any other major health care goods or services over the next
decade. With the divisions in Congress, seemingly only "must-pass bills"
get done these days. A comprehensive drug pricing bill is exactly that:
must-pass legislation. Read More >>

QUALITY OF CARE

Scientific Excellence Is Just The First Step To Optimal Care

By Richard I. Levin and Brianne Alcala

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, a nonprofit, has championed
humanism-that is, putting human interests, values, and dignity at the
core of health care-for years. Health care companies have been slow to
incorporate humanism, though. And payments for care, which often include
incentives for improved outcomes, don't acknowledge such critical
factors as careful listening and compassion, which have been shown to
affect healing. Five corporations have joined the Gold Corporate Council
to promote humanism. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

LEADING TO HEALTH: CULTURE OF HEALTH

For The Uninsured In Memphis, A Stronger Safety Net

By Bara L. Vaida

A new model moves high-need patients out of the emergency department and
into a rich network of social supports. Read More >>

This article appears in Health Affairs' series on Leading to Health
.

Hot Articles in August

Military Health DataGraphic

The Opioid Epidemic In Veterans Who Were Homeless Or Unstably Housed

By Amanda M. Midboe, Thomas Byrne, David Smelson, Guneet Jasuja, Keith
McInnes, and Lara K. Troszak

Navy Medicine Introduces Value-Based Health Care

By Alee Hernandez, Robert S. Kaplan, Mary L. Witkowski, C. Forrest
Faison III, and Michael E. Porter

Readiness Of Medical Providers In The Military Health System: Overview
Of Operational And Policy Considerations

By Paul J. Hutter, Joachim Roski, Jonathan Woodson, Allen Middleton,
Robert Kneeland, Averston Worthy, Derik Zitelman, Thomas Trinh, Shaun
Dela Cruz, and Elaine Cooper

The US Military Health System: Promoting Readiness And Providing Health
Care
By Terri Tanielian and Carrie Farmer

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Vaccines

The California State Assembly approved legislation to cut down on
medical exemptions for vaccinations in a surprise vote this Tuesday. A
Health Affairs journal article in September 2018 showed that California
had
already
seen a
decline in vaccine exemptions since implementing its 2014 policy
mandating health provider counseling for parents seeking exemptions when
enrolling their children in kindergarten.

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