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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19
By Rena M. Conti, Susan Athey, Richard G. Frank, and Jonathan Gruber
In this post, we propose that the federal government take the lead in promoting the deployment of drugs to prevent and treat COVID-19 but also the additional epidemics and pandemics that will, unfortunately, likely occur in the future.
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WOMEN’S HEALTH
Despite Many States Doing What They Can, The Federal Government Must Act Now To Extend Postpartum Medicaid Coverage
By Emily Eckert
It is essential that both federal and state governments implement policy solutions that preserve care for women in the postpartum period. Extension of Medicaid coverage for the full year after delivery is a critical step in our nation’s efforts to combat unacceptable maternal mortality and morbidity rates. Read More >>
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New podcast!
Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Shasta Gaughen, director of the Pala Environmental Department for the Pala Band of Mission Indians, on how climate change is affecting the culture and health of Indigenous communities.
Listen here.
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A CLOSER LOOK—Health, Climate, and Emissions
As carbon and greenhouse gases are emitted and gather in the atmosphere, they trap heat and ultimately warm the earth. These changes to the climate, including rising sea levels, increased wildfires, and more extreme hurricanes, threaten human health and put stress on the US health care system. In a blog post from October 2019, authors Dhruv Shankar and Sofia Ahsanuddin discuss a paradox of the health care sector, which produces about 10 percent of the nation’s total annual carbon emissions and lags behind every other economic sector in sustainability reporting.
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