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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs

Monday, November 16, 2020
TODAY ON THE BLOG

GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND POLICIES

“Better Care Plan”: A Public Option Choice
By George C. Halvorson, Stephen M. Shortell, Laurence Kotlikoff, Elizabeth Mitchell, Richard M. Scheffler, John Toussaint, Peter A. Wadsworth, and Gail R. Wilensky

The public option plan outlined under the Biden-Harris health care proposal offers an opportunity to advance the use of prepaid, risk-adjusted, per-member-per-month budgets that will set the country on a path to continuously improving care and sustaining universal coverage.
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IN THE JOURNAL

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE

Variation In The Effectiveness Of Collaborative Care For Depression: Does It Matter Where You Get Your Care?
By Jürgen Unützer, Andrew C. Carlo, Robert Arao, Melinda Vredevoogd, John Fortney, Diane Powers, and Joan Russo

Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that the collaborative care model for depression in primary care is more effective than usual care, but little is known about the effectiveness of this approach in real-world settings. Jürgen Unützer and coauthors used patient-reported outcome data from 11,303 patients receiving collaborative care for depression in 135 primary care clinics to examine variations in depression outcomes.
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PODCAST: NEWSMAKERS


The ACA, The Election, And The Supreme Court
Alan Weil

In a WTOP-FM interview, Health Affairs Editor-In-Chief Alan Weil assesses the November 10 oral argument at the Supreme Court over the constitutionality of the individual mandate and the fate of the Affordable Care Act.

Listen here.
Podcast: Newsmakers

A CLOSER LOOKEmpowering Nurses

Once COVID-19 hit the nation, so did a newfound appreciation for essential health care workers, including the largest group of health professionals in the US: nurses. Is enough being done today to ensure that nurses are empowered to enact change within the health care system? Reread “Empowering Nurses To Innovate At The Bedside, Then Spread Their Innovations” today.

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