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

**Monday, September 23, 2019**

HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS

AGING AND HEALTH: 
IMPROVING CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS

TOMORROW!
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Eastern
National Press Club - 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC
Register To Attend in Person or Online

Join Health Affairs and The John A. Hartford Foundation for a robust
policy conversation featuring authors from the journal's Aging &
Health series, as well as other experts in the field, discussing topics
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* Moving Serious Illness Care from Hospital to Home

* Disparities in Home- and Community-Based Care

* Impact of Caregiving on Spouses and Need for Support

Speakers include Terry Fulmer, The John A. Hartford Foundation, Timothy
Ferris, Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Ann Hwang, Center
for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation, Tamara Konetzka, The
University of Chicago Biological Sciences, Bruce Leff, Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine, Katherine A. Ornstein, Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai, Brad Stuart, Coalition to Transform Advanced
Care, Jennifer Wolff, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

GLOBAL HEALTH

The Global Community Has Pledged To Achieve Universal Health Coverage:
What's It Going To Take?

By Marina Carter and Aaron Emmel

This will be an unprecedented moment in public health: according to the
declaration being negotiated at the UN High-Level Meeting on Universal
Health Coverage, a commitment to achieve universal health coverage by
2030 is being made globally "for the first time." Whether the new
commitment succeeds will depend on a large degree of advocacy at the
national level. Read More >>

PHARMACEUTICALS & MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Methadone Barriers Persist, Despite Decades Of Evidence

By Alaina McBournie, Alexandra Duncan, Elizabeth Connolly, and Josh
Rising

Given the importance of increasing access to opioid use disorder (OUD)
treatment, states and the federal government should take the steps
outlined here to improve access to methadone and integrate OUD care with
the rest of the delivery system. This will ensure that patients with OUD
have access to convenient and tailored treatment regardless of where
they live. Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

ACA Round-Up: MLR Rebates, Insurer Competition, New Guidance On EDE

By Katie Keith

Recent weeks have brought new analyses of the individual health
insurance market.
Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

CULTURE OF HEALTH

When Crises Converge: Hospital Visits Before And After Shelter Use Among
Homeless New Yorkers

By Dan Treglia, Eileen L. Johns, Maryanne Schretzman, Jacob Berman,
Dennis P. Culhane, David C. Lee, and Kelly M. Doran

People who are homeless have been shown to use more hospital-based care
than others, but little research has explored hospital use immediately
before and after a shelter stay. In one of the first studies of its
kind, Dan Treglia and coauthors linked administrative records from New
York City's municipal shelter system with hospital records to assess
the emergency department and inpatient hospital use of homeless adults
before and after stays in shelters.Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Climate

Today, world leaders gather at the United Nations for a climate summit.
Last September, Health Affairs published an article in its theme issue,
California: Leading the Way?
, about how that state
is confronting the effects of climate on health
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