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

**Thursday, December 24, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

LEGAL & REGULATORY ISSUES

Health Care In The Next Congress-Policy Positions Of The Incoming 2021
House Of Representatives

By John Connolly, Pranay Nadella, and David Grande

Analysis of policy platforms of the incoming House of Representatives
suggests that we should expect continued protections for preexisting
conditions, partisan squabbling over lowering drug prices, preservation
of the ACA, and an intra-party battle among Democrats over health
insurance reform. Read More >>

COVID-19

Legal Challenges To Allocating New COVID-19 Antibody Therapies To Those
Who Need Them Most

By Katherine E. Goodman, Anthony D. Harris, and Diane E. Hoffmann

Two new monoclonal antibody treatments were recently authorized to treat
COVID-19, but the majority of COVID-19 patients will not be able to
access them. While certain groups have been hardest hit by the pandemic,
there are legal challenges to prioritizing them during treatment
allocation. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

NARRATIVE MATTERS

Climate Migration And The Future Of Health Care

By Katharine Lawrence

In this month's Narrative Matters essay, physician Katharine Lawrence
reports that she's witnessed how the health impacts of climate change
can manifest in a clinic visit. She writes about treating two patients
forced from their home countries by extreme weather associated with
climate change.
Read More >>

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Overlooked Health Policy Stories of 2020-Part 1

The COVID-19 pandemic defined the majority of the year 2020. But it
wasn't the only story to follow this year, especially in the field of
health policy.

In a special extended episode of

**Health Affairs This Week** (the first of two end-of-year episodes),
Leslie Erdelack, Chris Fleming, and Rob Lott discuss some of the stories
you may have missed in health policy if you focused most of your
attention on the pandemic. The group highlights the Affordable Care Act
turning 10, antitrust regulations, and environmental rollbacks.

Listen here.

**A CLOSER LOOK**-Social Isolation

The holiday season looks very different this year. Even with connection
opportunities like phone and video calls, many people will be alone or
with fewer loved ones than usual this holiday season. It is important to
recognize the toll social isolation and loneliness can take on health.
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, which helped push the topic into more
conversations, Nauzley Abedini and coauthors wrote a blog post about
social isolation
,
explaining that it is associated with billions of dollars in health care
costs each year and can worsen chronic disease and other behavioral
health challenges.

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