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A Weekly Health Policy Round Up From Health Affairs            

**January 3, 2021**

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THIS WEEK ON THE BLOG

ELSEWHERE@HEALTH AFFAIRS

The Ten Most-Read Health Affairs Blog Posts Of 2020

Health Affairs (12/31/20)

On this New Year's Eve, we present the past year's top ten Health
Affairs Blog posts.
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COVID-19

Ten Lessons From COVID-19 Research Published In Health Affairs

Health Affairs (12/30/20)

Health Affairs has extensively covered the COVID-19 pandemic this year.
As 2020 draws to a close, we consider some of the lessons that have
emerged from that coverage. Read More >>

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New podcast!

From Colorado to Washington: Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil Discusses His
Past, Health Care's Future

Alan Weil

Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil talk about his
educational background, what it means to be the editor of the leading
health policy journal, how empirical research has changed since the
COVID-19 pandemic, his views on social determinants of health, and his
health policy predictions for 2021.

Listen here.

IN THE JOURNAL

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Multisolving Innovations For Climate And Health: Message Framing To
Achieve Broad Public Support

By James W. Dearing and Maria Lapinski

Not everyone welcomes new programs, practices, policies, and
technologies that promise to mitigate carbon emissions. That's why
message framing matters, particularly when communicating with people who
are dismissive or skeptical of climate change. In a new commentary
article, Michigan State University professors James W. Dearing and Maria
Lapinski discuss the concept of "multisolving" and why focusing on the
health benefits of climate mitigation efforts is important for achieving
public support. Read More >>

Scrambling For Safety In The Eye Of Dorian: Mental Health Consequences
Of Exposure To A Climate-Driven Hurricane
By
James M. Shultz, Duane E. Sands, Nadia Holder-Hamilton, William
Hamilton, Sandeep Goud, Krista Marie Nottage, Zelde Espinel, Stephanie
Friedman, Craig Fugate, James P. Kossin, and Sandro Galea

There is growing evidence that climate change is making tropical
cyclones more damaging and leading to devastating population health
consequences. A new analysis by James M. Shultz and coauthors finds that
mental health and psychosocial support was critical in the aftermath of
Hurricane Dorian. Read More >>

COVID-19

COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave Has Helped Flatten The Curve
In The United States

By Stefan Pichler, Katherine Wen, and Nicolas R. Ziebarth

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, enacted on March 18, 2020,
contains two weeks of COVID-19-related emergency sick leave coverage
at full pay (up to a cap). Stefan Pichler and coauthors test whether
this provision reduced the spread of COVID-19.
Read More >>

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Overlooked Health Policy Stories of 2020-Part 2

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 rich field
of health policy.

In a special extended episode of

**Health Affairs This Wee**k (the second of two end-of-year episodes),
Leslie Erdelack, Vabren Watts, and Jessica Bylander 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 drug pricing and
regulations, the public charge rule, and the increase in health literacy
due to the pandemic.

Listen here.

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