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The

Commonwealth

Fund Connection

A roundup of recent Fund publications, charts, multimedia, and other timely content.


October 30, 2020

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COVID-19


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ACA Under Fire: Millions of Young Adults Who Had COVID-19 Could Be Denied Health Insurance

Next month, the Supreme Court will consider whether to strike down the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and, with it, preexisting-condition protections. On To the Point, the Commonwealth Fund’s Arnav Shah and colleagues examine the potential impact on young people. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the authors estimate 2.3 million people ages 20 to 39 who didn’t have prior underlying health conditions have tested positive for COVID-19.

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International Health News Brief: COVID-19 and Equity

How have vulnerable populations in countries around the world fared during the pandemic? This special issue of International Health News Brief examines how COVID-19 has affected inequities in health and health care, including among members of racial and ethnic minorities, people with low incomes, older adults, children, and migrants and refugees.

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Presidential Priorities: Coronavirus and Access to Health Care

Commonwealth Fund President David Blumenthal, M.D., discusses in NEJM Catalyst the results from a survey of health executives, clinical leaders, and clinicians about top health care issues in the upcoming election. The vast majority of respondents said managing the COVID-19 response should be the winner’s top priority, followed by improving access to care.

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Expanding Medicare Access to Quality Home Health Care

COVID-19 should prompt a rethinking of health care for Medicare beneficiaries, according to a new report examining Medicare home health during the pandemic and the experiences of older patients and their providers. Duke University and Oregon Health & Science University researchers argue that some changes made to expand access to Medicare home health during the pandemic should remain in place once the crisis ends.

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How Are Rural Hospitals Dealing with the Pandemic’s Challenges?

The Pew Charitable Trusts recently reported on the challenges rural hospitals in the Midwest and the Great Plains are grappling with amid a
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surge in COVID-19 cases . The Commonwealth Fund’s Martha Hostetter and Sarah Klein interviewed
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Toby Freier , president of New Ulm Medical Center, and
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Lynn Barr , who leads a firm that advises rural health providers, to find out what strategies rural hospitals are using to increase capacity and reach patients with other medical needs.




Other Recent Publications


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What’s at Stake for Health Care in the 2020 Election

In the final installment of our
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Health Care in the 2020 Presidential Election series , the Commonwealth Fund’s David Blumenthal, M.D., and Elizabeth Fowler summarize the profound differences between President Trump and former Vice President Biden’s approaches to health care, from safeguarding access to affordable health coverage to managing the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Without the ACA, States Unlikely to Be Able to Keep Pre-existing Condition Protections

If the ACA is overturned, it would be hard to sustain state-passed preexisting condition protections, given the ensuing loss of federal funding and likely dysfunction in the individual markets, write Georgetown University’s Maanasa Kona and Sabrina Corlette.

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Medicaid Expansion Enjoys Strong Support Among Swing State Voters

A handful of swing states that could decide the presidential election may also help determine the fate of the ACA and its coverage expansions. The Commonwealth Fund’s Rachel Nuzum looks at newly available data to examine public support for expanding Medicaid eligibility in 10 swing states. Half of those states have already expanded Medicaid under the law, while three-quarters of likely voters in the remaining five favor expansion.

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Medicare Data Hub: A Trusted Resource During a Time of Uncertainty

The Commonwealth Fund’s new Medicare Data Hub provides up-to-date facts, research, and analyses about the program that provides health coverage for more than 60 million Americans. On To the Point, the Fund’s Gretchen Jacobson and Aimee Cicchiello say the timely information on the Hub can help researchers and policymakers identify trends and develop solutions to ensure high-quality, affordable care for all Medicare beneficiaries.

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How Would Overturning the ACA Affect Medicare?

Although some effects of repealing the ACA are clear — most notably the loss of health coverage for 20 million Americans — the impact on Medicare is less so, write the Commonwealth Fund’s Gretchen Jacobson and Elizabeth Fowler. Given the ACA’s myriad changes to Medicare, there will be many issues to address if the Supreme Court overturns the law.

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Making Health Care Claims Databases More Useful

Fewer than half of Americans live in a state with an all-payer claims database (APCD), an important tool for tracking health care claims from across different payers. On To the Point, Brookings Institution researchers examine the potential and limitations of APCDs, and what state policymakers can do to make them better.

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