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

**Friday, January 8, 2021**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

COSTS & SPENDING

State Policies To Make Health Care More Affordable During COVID-19 And
Beyond

By Roslyn Murray, Suzanne Delbanco, and Jaime King

State experiences with policies to control the growth of total health
care costs or regulate hospital pricing can offer helpful insights in
efforts to moderate health care prices during and after the pandemic.
Policy makers will need to navigate the unique policy and political
considerations in their states to find solutions that effectively tackle
the price issue while addressing the needs of all health care
stakeholders. Read More >>

**IN THE JOURNAL**

CONSIDERING HEALTH SPENDING

Arbitration Over Out-Of-Network Medical Bills: Evidence From New Jersey
Payment Disputes

By Benjamin L. Chartock, Loren Adler, Bich Ly, Erin Duffy, and Erin
Trish

Seeking to resolve the issue of surprise medical bills, in 2018 New
Jersey implemented a final-offer arbitration system to resolve payment
disputes. Benjamin L. Chartock and coauthors investigate a full year's
worth of data and compare it to Medicare and commercial insurance claims
data to determine the effectiveness if Congress followed suit. Read More
>>

This article appears in the series Considering Health Spending
.

National Health Care Spending In 2019: Steady Growth For The Fourth
Consecutive Year

By Anne B. Martin, Micah Hartman, David Lassman, Aaron Catlin, and The
National Health
Expenditure Accounts Team

An analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that in 2019 health care spending
in the United States increased 4.6 percent to $3.8 trillion, or $11,582
per person. The 4.6 percent growth rate in 2019 was similar to the rate
in 2018 (4.7 percent) and was consistent with the average annual
spending growth rate of 4.5 percent that has been observed since 2016.
Faster growth in personal health care spending was offset by a decline
in the net cost of health insurance. Read More >>

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Health Policy On The Table In 2021 With Democratic Congress

Listen to editors Leslie Erdelack and Rob Lott start 2021 by discussing
the Georgia runoff election, the fall of Haven, the coverage provisions
in the 2021 appropriations and COVID-19 stimulus package, and what it
all means for health policy.

Listen here.

**A CLOSER LOOK**-Blood Donor Month

January is national Blood Donor Month in the United States. Revisit an
article published in May 2018 by Cinnamon S. Bloss and coauthors about
recruiting blood bank donors for medical research projects
.
The intent of this strategy was to recruit participants who better
reflect the demographic makeup of their local communities. After
evaluating this strategy using a survey, the authors find that bias
toward inclusion of Whites and more highly educated people still
persists in recruitment from blood bank donors.

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