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

**Thursday, November 5, 2020**

Podcast:
A
First Take On Health Policy After The 2020 Election

Less than 24 hours after the final polls closed, Health Affairs' Alan
Weil sat down with Kimberly Leonard, senior health care reporter at
Business Insider, and Shannon Muchmore, editor at Healthcare Dive, to
share his perspective on what the future of health policy may look like
when the election is in the rearview mirror.

Listen here.

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

PUBLIC HEALTH

Facebook's Latest Attempt To Address Vaccine Misinformation-And Why
It's Not Enough

By Ana Santos Rutschman

Facebook's newest set of measures to combat vaccine misinformation
constitutes an improvement over the status quo, but it leaves the
sources of the problem largely untouched. As the COVID-19 pandemic has
led to an increase in pages that push health misinformation, rethinking
current approaches taken by social media platforms toward this problem
is imperative. Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

What Biden's Election Would Mean For The Affordable Care Act

By Katie Keith

In what otherwise appears to be a status quo election, what does a Biden
victory mean for the Affordable Care Act? This post attempts a first
pass at an answer. Read More >>

COVID-19

What COVID-19 Exposed In Long-Term Care

By Karen Wolk Feinstein

We cannot bring back those who have died in skilled nursing facilities
during the pandemic, but we can honor them by implementing decisive and
needed reforms for nursing facilities, says this author. A bipartisan
opportunity now exists for humane reforms. The author, who heads a
foundation, also describes its efforts to improve the long-term care
system over the decades. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

MATERNAL HEALTH

Medicaid Expansion Increased Preconception Health Counseling, Folic Acid
Intake, And Postpartum Contraception

By Rebecca Myerson, Samuel Crawford, and Laura R. Wherry

The period before pregnancy is critically important for the health of a
woman and her infant, yet not all women have access to health insurance
during this time. Rebecca Myerson and coauthors evaluated whether
increased access to health insurance under the Affordable Care Act
Medicaid expansions affected ten preconception health indicators. Read
More >>

Read the November 2020 Table of Contents
.

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Medicaid And Elections

The 2018 midterm elections had a heavy impact on Medicaid expansion.
With changes possible in both the House and Senate and an upcoming
Supreme Court case on the Affordable Care Act itself, what does the
future hold for states with Medicaid expansions and those without?
Reread David K. Jones's November 2018 blog post for a refresher in what
was at stake back then.

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