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Thursday, November 5, 2020

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.

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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 >>

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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