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A Weekly Health Policy Round Up From Health Affairs
December 27, 2020
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GRANTWATCH
Climate Change And Health: Recently Funded Projects
By
Lee L. Prina
The December 2020 GrantWatch column provides a sampling of foundations that have funded efforts on climate change's relation to health. Equity is an important facet of both a program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and an initiative funded by the Kresge Foundation. Also, read about the 2019 Climate Campaign, funded by four foundations. Its aim was "to demonstrate that reframing climate change as a health crisis could move Americans to support stronger climate action from their elected representatives." The column has some "people news," too—find out who now leads the bioethics-focused Greenwall Foundation, and more. Read More >>
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NARRATIVE MATTERS
Climate Migration And The Future Of Health CareBy Katharine LawrenceIn 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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THIS WEEK ON THE BLOG
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 (12/24/20)
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 >>
FOLLOWING THE ACA
HealthCare.gov Enrollment Rises; More Enrollment Data
By Katie Keith (12/21/20)
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 >>
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 (12/24/20)
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 >>
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
To Limit The Harms Of Step Therapy, Implement Robust Standards And Protect Physician Autonomy
By Jessica Burgy and Mark G. Lebwohl (12/22/20)
Step therapy protocols should be nationally recognized and always based on clinical guidelines developed by independent medical experts to ensure that they are safe for patients. States should establish basic exemption requirements and require a transparent process by insurers to ease the burden on patients and physicians. Read More >>
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 (12/21/20)
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 >>
CLINICAL CARE
The CMS Oncology Care Model Is Falling Short Of Its Promise. Could Oncology Hospital At Home Be The Remedy?
By Jackson T. Bowers, Callie A. Scott, Kathi H. Mooney, Sandra G. Jost, Nina R. O’Connor, and Justin E. Bekelman (12/23/20)
Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, payers have shown willingness to engage in innovative Hospital at Home models. As waivers permitting these models expire, policy makers must replace them with long-term payment structures to support this type of patient-centered, high-value care, particularly in oncology. Read More >>
HEALTH PHILANTHROPY
People Post: Foundation Staffers’
Comings And Goings, Honors; Job Openings At Foundations
By Lee-Lee Prina (12/22/20)
Read news from the past few months at foundations that fund in health: new hires, staff who have moved on, a key foundation staffer named to the Biden-Harris Transition's COVID-19 Advisory Board, a foundation president elected to the National Academy of Medicine, and more. Also, read about two current job openings at foundations. Read More >>
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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.
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