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

**Tuesday, September 17, 2019**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

PUBLIC HEALTH

How FDA Can Act On E-Cigarettes And Protect The Public Health

By Andrew B. Meshnick, Brian J. Miller, and Boris Lushniak

Through banning flavors in both retail and online settings, increasing
advertising oversight, regulating nicotine concentration, and
encouraging further evidence-based research, the Food and Drug
Administration can tip the balance of the e-cigarette marketplace to
ensure that these products not only live up to their potential, but
protect the public health.
Read More >>

PAYMENT

Data: Silver Loading Is Boosting Insurance Coverage

By Aviva Aron-Dine

The enrollment gains from silver loading suggest that premium tax credit
(PTC) increases could significantly increase Marketplace enrollment and
reduce uninsured rates, particularly among the already PTC-eligible
consumers who make up the majority of the Marketplace-eligible
uninsured. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

CULTURE OF HEALTH

Experiment To Decrease Neighborhood Poverty Had Limited Effects On
Emergency Department Use

By Craig E. Pollack, Shawn Du, Amanda L. Blackford, and Bradley Herring

Isolating the effects of neighborhood characteristics on health is
challenging. Leveraging the large Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing
Demonstration Program, developed by the US Department of Housing and
Urban Development, Craig Pollack and coauthors focus on the emergency
department (ED). They do not find "strong evidence that receipt of a
housing voucher or exposure to low-poverty neighborhoods was
significantly associated with reductions in long-term ED use among
adults or children." Read More >>

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**HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS**

AGING AND HEALTH:  IMPROVING CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS

September 24, 2019
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Eastern
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topics including:
* Moving Serious Illness Care from Hospital to Home

* Disparities in Home- and Community-Based Care

* Impact of Caregiving on Spouses and Need for Support

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Rural Health

The US Department of Health and Human Services recently announced that
it has awarded $20 million to 27 varied organizations to develop new
rural medical residency programs. HHS hopes that these initiatives will
provide a sustainable solution to expanding the physician workforce in
rural America. In their April 2019 Health Affairs Blog post, Katy B.
Kozhimannil and Carrie Henning-Smith remark that policy makers often
overlook the heterogeneity of rural communities and their needs
in
discussions about rural health care delivery.

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