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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Friday, November 20, 2020
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
PUBLIC HEALTH
What History Can Tell Us About Who Will Lead HHS In A Biden Administration
By Richard Sorian
The person who answers this call to serve the new president, his administration, and the American people would do best to study the work, accomplishments, and criticisms of past HHS secretaries to help determine the best way forward. Read More >>
DISPARITIES
Bridging The Black Mental Health Access Gap
By Victor Agbafe, Will Boles, and Rebekah E. Gee
We must address mental health gaps with an antiracist mindset. Only then can we begin to solve the mental health divide and take meaningful steps to heal our nation’s psyche.
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FOLLOWING THE ACA
Honoring Tim Jost, The Affordable Care Act Advocate
By Mark Regan
Tim knows insurance regulation, and Tim knows the Affordable Care Act (ACA). That combination made it possible for him to lead the private effort to support the government’s position in the King v. Burwell premium tax credits litigation. It
has also made it possible for him to support the recent private effort to defend the ACA in California v. Texas. Read More >>
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IN THE JOURNAL
PHARMACEUTICALS & MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Net Spending On Retail Specialty Drugs Grew Rapidly, Especially For Private Insurance And Medicare Part
D
By Steven C. Hill, G. Edward Miller, and Yao Ding
A wide range of medications are classified as specialty drugs, including most injectables, biologics, and other drugs requiring specialized administration. According to one source, they accounted for approximately half of total US spending on retail, mail-order, and provider-administered drugs in 2018. Specialty drugs are expensive, but spending can be difficult to measure because of large manufacturer rebates. To get a clearer picture on net spending for retail specialty drugs, Steven Hill and coauthors from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) looked at data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) and SSR Health for the period 2010–17. Read More >>
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A CLOSER LOOK—Transgender Patients
Often overlooked even within non-heterosexual communities are those who identify as transgender. What is it like to experience a health system that doesn’t take the time to meet the unique needs of those who are not their assigned gender? Reread this 2017 Narrative Matters essay: "'Go Back to California’: When Providers Fail Transgender Patients."
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