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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
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AHEAD OF PRINT
National Health Care Spending In 2019: Steady Growth For The Fourth Consecutive YearBy Anne B. Martin, Micah Hartman, David Lassman, Aaron Catlin, and The National Health
Expenditure Accounts Team A new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that in 2019 health care spending in the United States increased 4.6 percent to $3.8 trillion, or $11,582
per person. The 4.6 percent growth rate in 2019 was similar to the rate in 2018 (4.7 percent) and was consistent with the average annual spending growth rate of 4.5 percent that has been observed since 2016. Faster growth in personal health care spending was offset by a decline in the net cost of health insurance. Read More >>
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
TELEHEALTH
By Sean Cavanaugh
Today, a lot of people in health care are asking: What is the future for telehealth? By examining its initial design, we can find clues as to the best path forward for virtual care. Read More >>
GLOBAL HEALTH
By Monica Kerrigan
The Trump era and the COVID-19 pandemic have threatened to reverse decades of progress in global efforts to end HIV and advance reproductive health, but they leave us with an opportunity for positive disruption. To achieve success, the Biden administration must not play it safe—they must go above and beyond what has been done before, and they must start now. Read More >>
COVID-19
By George Miller, Corwin Rhyan, Ani Turner, and Katherine Hempstead
Early analysis of 2020 Bureau of Economic Analysis data suggests ways that next year’s report from the CMS actuaries will look different from this year’s—or any year’s before that—with hospital spending down while prices are up, home health care substituting for nursing home care, and some professional services in dire straits. Read More >>
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A CLOSER LOOK— Water Pollution And Flint
Water pollution is not only harmful to human and environmental health, but it is also worsened by hurricanes and flooding made more severe by climate change. The populations most directly impacted by water pollution tend to be those without the resources to avoid it. In a September blog post about the Flint water crisis settlement, Wendy E. Parmet discusses the roots of the city’s water problem as economic and political. Following the 2008 financial crisis, “Governor Rick Synder appointed an emergency manager to oversee Flint’s affairs and cut costs, effectively robbing the citizens of their right to self-govern,” Parmet explains. “This led to the disastrous decision in 2014 to cut water costs by changing Flint’s water supply from the Detroit Water and Sewage District to the Flint River,” which corroded lead pipes and resulted in high lead levels in the blood of the city’s children.
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