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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Monday, December 7, 2020
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IN THE JOURNAL
NEW ISSUE:
CLIMATE & HEALTH
The December issue of Health Affairs covers the intersection of climate change and health. This issue was supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Kresge Foundation.
Read the December 2020 table of contents.
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
MEDICAID
Making Care Work Pay: How A Living Wage For LTSS Workers Benefits All
By
Christian Weller, Beth Almeida, Marc A. Cohen, and Robyn I. Stone
Raising the pay of direct care workers would yield an impressive return on investment. Care recipients would receive more consistent and reliable care; workers would enjoy enhanced financial security; long-term services and supports (LTSS) providers would see fewer staffing shortages, reduced turnover, and higher productivity; and local economies would expand as direct care workers increased their spending and depended less on government assistance to make ends meet. Read More >>
ACCESS TO CARE
President-Elect Biden Can Take Administrative Action To Dramatically Cut Consumers’ Health Care Costs And Cover Millions Of Uninsured
By Stan Dorn and Frederick Isasi
The Biden administration can make important progress by using its administrative authority to make individual health insurance substantially more affordable while extending health care to millions of hard-working families who are uninsured today. Read More >>
TELEHEALTH
As Value-Based Care And Telehealth Rise, Patient Experience Measurement Desperately Needs An Update For The Digital Age
By Sarah Hudson Scholle, Margaret E. O’Kane, and Paul Cotton
There is broad and growing agreement about the need to develop better tools to measure patient experience. Fortunately, there is an array of digital tools to make this possible: They are readily available and widely used in other industries. Read More >>
HEALTH AFFAIRS BRANDED
POST
Targeting Health Care’s "Triple Aim": Leaders Equipped With Tech and Business Expertise
Supported by Stanford Medicine
For decades now, health care leaders and policy makers have sought to achieve health care’s "Triple Aim": reduce cost, broaden access, enhance quality care. Read More >>
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A CLOSER LOOK—Health and Climate
The December issue of Health Affairs on Health and Climate is only an introduction to the increasingly intertwined relationship between population health and climate change. As the issue grows, so will state and federal imperatives to implement solutions. In a 2018 EntryPoint, David Tuller examines California’s extensive efforts to combat climate change.
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About Health Affairs
Health Affairs is the leading peer-reviewed journal at the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Published monthly by Project HOPE, the journal is available in print and online. Late-breaking content is also found through healthaffairs.org, Health Affairs Today, and Health Affairs Sunday Update.
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