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

**Thursday, October 15, 2020**

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FAST TRACK AHEAD OF PRINT

COVID-19

COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave Has Helped Flatten The Curve
In The United States

By Stefan Pichler, Katherine Wen, and Nicolas R. Ziebarth

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, enacted on March 18, 2020,
contains two weeks of COVID-19-related emergency sick leave coverage
at full pay (up to a cap). Stefan Pichler and coauthors test whether
this provision reduced the spread of COVID-19.
Read More >>

TODAY ON THE BLOG

LEGAL & REGULATORY ISSUES

The Preemption Clause That Swallowed Health Care: How ERISA Litigation
Threatens State Health Policy Efforts

By Carmel Shachar

It is increasingly apparent that the scope of ERISA preemption needs to
be curtailed to allow states to continue their traditional role as the
regulators of health care. On October 6, 2020, the US Supreme Court
heard arguments in a new case-Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care
Management-that will shape the implementation of ERISA's preemption
clause and its impact on state regulation. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

COVID-19

COVID-19 Has Increased Medicaid Enrollment, But Short-Term Enrollment
Changes Are Unrelated To Job Losses

By Chris Frenier, Sayeh S. Nikpay, and Ezra Golberstein

Chris Frenier, Sayeh S. Nikpay, and Ezra Golberstein looked for a
relationship between increased Medicaid enrollment and unemployment
during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors
reviewed available monthly Medicaid enrollment data for March-May 2020
from twenty-six states to document changes in Medicaid enrollment during
this period, as well as how the extent of job loss might be reflected in
increased Medicaid enrollment. Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Hospitals

****Efforts to address the social determinants of health (SDOH) are
becoming more common and effective. Hospitals, however, are still mostly
seen as places for receiving those who need care. In 2016 Melinda Chen
and coauthors assessed hospitals' efforts to reach out to communities to
address SDOH and improve public health. Four years later, in the midst
of a pandemic, is further proactive engagement in SDOH and public health
from hospitals needed?

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