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

**Monday, December 21, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

DISPARITIES

Race And Ethnicity Must Be Included In Employee Health Data Analyses

By Bruce W. Sherman, Irene Dankwa-Mullan, Hema Karunakaram, Leah Kamin,
Tiffani J. Bright, and Kyu Rhee

Organizations should use employee race and ethnicity data to evaluate
their health benefit offerings. A commitment to racial equity and social
justice in the workplace includes using race and ethnicity data to
identify disparities, understand employee needs, and promote
interventions that can close health gaps along racial and ethnic lines.
Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

HealthCare.gov Enrollment Rises; More Enrollment Data
  
By Katie Keith

On December 18 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released
its final open enrollment snapshot for the 2021 open enrollment period.
Two fewer states, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, used HealthCare.gov for
2021. When enrollment in those states is accounted for, enrollment
through HealthCare.gov increased by about 6.6 percent from 2020-the
first time we have seen an increase in enrollment under the Trump
administration. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

CLIMATE & HEALTH

Community-Driven Approaches To Climate Change

There is an urgent need to build climate-resilient communities and
health systems, but these solutions must be tailored to the specific
values and needs of individual communities. Paul J. Schramm and
coauthors discuss how Indigenous communities are adapting to climate
change
;
and Christopher J. Boyer and coauthors offer considerations
forimplementing climate and health strategies in Pacific Island
countries
.
Catch up on A Health Podyssey for more on making climate and health
policy work for tribal communities
.

Read the December 2020 Table of Contents
.

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Health, Climate, And Technology

**** As climate change intensifies disasters like wildfires, hurricanes,
and flooding, it is vital to focus preparedness strategies on protecting
the most vulnerable. In the case of climatic events, the elderly are
most likely to suffer from severe health issues or death as a result of
a disaster. In a blog post from November 2017, Karen DeSalvo and
Christine Petrin discuss how technology can be leveraged in disaster
response to build stronger infrastructure

and support networks to help vulnerable seniors.

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