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

**Friday, September 25, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

FOLLOWING THE ACA

Administration Health Care Executive Order

By Katie Keith

On September 24, 2020, President Donald J. Trump issued a new health
care executive order. The order ostensibly focuses on protecting people
with preexisting conditions and eliminating surprise medical bills but
will have little or no immediate effect. Read More >>

PHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Administration Finalizes Drug Importation Plans, But Legal And Practical
Questions Remain

By Rachel Sachs

Yesterday, the Trump administration released a final rule aiming to
permit states or other specific actors to establish programs to import
prescription drugs from Canada. This rule is one element of the Trump
administration's broader agenda on drug pricing, but it faces several
large obstacles which are likely to derail its implementation. Read More
>>

COVID-19

A New "PPE" For A Thriving Community: Public Health, Primary Care,
Health Equity

By John M. Westfall, Stephen Petterson, Kyu Rhee, Irene Dankwa-Mullan,
William Kassler, Amol Rajmane, and Glen Mays

Public health, primary care, and health equity each have unique and
synergistic impact on a community's response to COVID-19.
Historically, primary care and public health have only tangentially
worked together. Now, however, there is growing appreciation of the need
for primary care and public health to collaborate if we hope to improve
the health of our nation. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

NARRATIVE MATTERS:
PHARMACEUTICALS & MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Challenges In Ensuring The Quality Of Generic Medicines

By Kevin A. Schulman

A refill of a generic attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
prescription leads to new side effects and raises questions about the
quality of generic drugs.Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-High-Need Patients

Peter Long's 2017 blog post explains how redesigning the system of
care for the nation's highest-need patients could lead to widely felt
improvements for other patients throughout the health care system. Three
years later, reread the post.

Has the opportunity been missed, or does the chance for progress remain?

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