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

**Wednesday, November 18, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

MEDICAID

Administration Effectively Rescinds "Families First" Medicaid Continuous
Enrollment Protection

By Sara Rosenbaum, Devon R. Minnick, Maria Velazquez, and Morgan Handley

To qualify for a bump in federal Medicaid funding during the COVID-19
pandemic, states must cover COVID-19 testing and treatment, and provide
continuous Medicaid enrollment throughout the pandemic. However, a new
rule issued by the Trump administration significantly weakens these two
protections while also imposing major new burdens on states. Read More
>>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

ACA Round-Up: Record-High Medical Loss Ratio Rebates, Pass-Through
Funding, Preventive Services

By Katie Keith

Overall, insurers owe record-high medical loss ratio rebates of nearly
$2.46 billion to more than 11.2 million consumers. This represents an
average of $219 in rebates per person. Consistent with prior years, the
rebates are most significant in the individual market. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY

The Macroeconomic Consequences Of Firearm-Related Fatalities In OECD
Countries, 2018-30: A Value-Of-Lost-Output Analysis

By Alexander W. Peters, Rachel R. Yorlets, Mark G. Shrime, and Blake C.
Alkire

Alexander Peters and coauthors estimate the macroeconomic consequences
of firearm-related fatalities in the thirty-six Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. They estimate
cumulative losses of $239.0 billion in economic output from 2018 to
2030, with $152.5 billion attributable to the US alone, meaning that
losses in the US exceed the combined losses of all other OECD countries.
Read More >>

Read the November 2020 Table of Contents
.

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ANNOUNCEMENT-AGE-FRIENDLY HEALTH

**Health Affairs** is beginning a new series, Age-Friendly Health
,
that will present articles to inform policies on the local, state, and
federal levels aimed at improving the care of older adults.

The series runs through June 30, 2022. It will build upon the Aging and
Health series
,
which began in 2015, but will also cover new issues including the impact
of the COVID-19 pandemic on older adults and caregivers and take a
closer look at health care equity and disparities.

We are interested in work that spans the full range of care settings,
including primary care and specialty practices, hospitals, nursing
homes, other long-term care settings, and patients' homes. We also
welcome papers on related dimensions that affect care, access, and
affordability, such as financing models, coverage, technology, size and
composition of the workforce, and social determinants of health.

We are grateful to The John A. Hartford Foundation for providing support
for our ongoing coverage of these topics.

For more information, see our announcement page
.

**A CLOSER LOOK**-Aging And Health

What does it mean to have a health system that can deliver consistent
high-quality care to aging populations? How do we get there? Read this
2016 blog post for possible answers.

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