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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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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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