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

**Thursday, October 8, 2020**

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AHEAD OF PRINT

PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE

Health Benefits In 2020: Premiums In Employer-Sponsored Plans Grow 4
Percent; Employers Consider Responses To Pandemic

By Gary Claxton, Anthony Damico, Matthew Rae, Gregory Young, Daniel
McDermott, and Heidi Whitmore

The annual Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Survey is
the benchmark survey of the cost and coverage of employer-sponsored
health benefits in the United States.
Read More >>

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

WOMEN'S HEALTH

How RBG's Voice Shaped The Courts'-And America's-Views On
Women's Health For A Generation

By Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is known as an iconic US Supreme Court justice who
championed women's rights. A deeper dive into several of her opinions
shows her specific impact on women's health and describes how she
meticulously cited the medical, public health, and economic evidence
while raising the voice of everyday women. Read More >>

COVID-19

SHORT SERIES: HIGHER HEALTH CARE VALUE POST-COVID-19

Establishing A Value-Based 'New Normal' For Telehealth

By Christina M. Cutter, Nicholas L. Berlin, and A. Mark Fendrick

Determination of the post-pandemic role of telehealth will be complex
and consequential, and should be grounded in a value-based approach.
This post capitalizes on the natural experiment afforded by the COVID-19
pandemic and proposes a value-driven telehealth policy and research
agenda. Read More >>

How The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected Provision Of Elective Services:
The Challenges Ahead

By Bruce Stuart

How will the experience of not being able to access routine care affect
patients' longer-term behavior in seeking care? Will the economic
consequences of lost jobs, income, and health insurance further reduce
demand? What tactics will providers employ to build back patient
revenues? Will they move to further expand their market power? Read More
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IN THE JOURNAL

COVID-19

Severe Staffing And Personal Protective Equipment Shortages Faced By
Nursing Homes During The COVID-19 Pandemic

By Brian E. McGarry, David C. Grabowski, and Michael L. Barnett

Brian McGarry and coauthors evaluated public data about staffing and
personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages between May and July 2020
from a new national database covering 98 percent of US nursing homes.
The authors found that more than one in five nursing homes reported a
severe shortage of PPE-with one week or less of available
supply-or a staffing shortage. Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-The 2016 Presidential Election

****It's less than one month until Election Day. Look back at this
GrantWatch blog entry rounding up reactions from foundations in 2016 in
response to President Trump's victory
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