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

**Wednesday, November 4, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

Getting Our Knees Off Black People's Necks: An Anti-Racist Approach to
Medical Care

By Rupinder K. Legha, David R. Williams, Lonnie Snowden, and Jeanne
Miranda

Racism and anti-Blackness are inherent in our country's structures and
medical systems. The authors propose an anti-racist approach to medical
care that recognizes racism's historical roots, identifies racism
within health care providers and medical systems, and then dismantles
it.
Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

CONSIDERING HEALTH SPENDING

Geographic Variation In Medicare Per Capita Spending Narrowed From 2007
To 2017

By Yongkang Zhang and Jing Li

Geographic variation in Medicare spending has long been viewed as
evidence of health system inefficiency. With administered pricing,
Medicare spending variation reflects different patterns of care that
cannot be explained by population health characteristics. Analyzing
fee-for-service data between 2007 and 2017, Yongkang Zhang and Jing Li
report that the risk- and price-adjusted gap in spending between the
highest and lowest-decile hospital referral regions declined by 14
percent. Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Bipartisan Future for Health Care?

It has been an election unlike any other, and the next four years will
be similar. In 2016 Anand Parekh and coauthors reviewed bipartisan
opportunities for health care during Donald Trump's presidency
.
How have partisan lines shifted on key health policy issues and what
does that mean moving forward?

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