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

**Thursday, January 14, 2021**

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IN THE JOURNAL

The Top Twenty Most-Read Health Affairs Articles Of 2020

As 2021 begins, Health Affairs has taken one last look back at 2020 to
tally its twenty most-read articles of 2020, an annual tradition.

It is no surprise that COVID-19-related content-including rapid
research and findings related to face mask mandates, social distancing,
community testing, nursing home resources, and vaccine
implementation-dominated the list.

Atop this year's list is a study published in June by Wei Lyu and
George Wehby, both from the University of Iowa, estimating the effect of
face cover mandates

between April 1 and May 21, 2020. According to the authors, face mask
mandates resulted in preventing as many as 230,000-450,000 US COVID-19
cases by May 22. Since its publication the study has been repeatedly
cited-both in the media and in a range of other sources-in
discussions about the benefits of face coverings.

Several other topics covered by Health Affairs were also popular in
2020: the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate
,
Medicaid work requirements
,
out-of-pocket spending on maternity care
,
national health spending projections for the decade ahead
,
and social determinants of health
.

Read the January 2021 Table of Contents
.

Subscribe to Health Affairs for full journal access.

TODAY ON THE BLOG

MEDICAID

Expanding Postpartum Medicaid Benefits To Combat Maternal Mortality And
Morbidity

By Gray Babbs, Lois McCloskey, and Sarah H. Gordon

Even if Medicaid coverage is extended to cover the full postpartum year,
new mothers may not receive the care they need if Medicaid does not
cover all evidence-based benefits. Postpartum benefits should be
standardized to include postpartum mental health screening and care,
home visiting, lactation consultation, and family planning services.
Read More >>

LEGAL & REGULATORY ISSUES

HHS Finalizes New Rules On Regulatory Processes

By Katie Keith

With Inauguration Day fast approaching, the Trump administration
continues to try to leave a lasting mark on the federal government. The
focus of this post is on two recent final rules issued by the Department
of Health and Human Services that affect the "rules about the rules" and
regulatory processes at the department: the "good guidance" rule and the
"sunset" rule. Read More >>

**A CLOSER LOOK**-Vaccine Development In Recent Decades

It is safe to say that the high speed of development and rates of
efficacy in clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine are unprecedented.
Just five years ago, during the Zika pandemic and as part of Health
Affairs' February 2016 Vaccines theme issue, deputy editor Rob Lott
spoke with Aaron S. Kesselheim about how the vaccine development
pipeline has grown over the past two decades
.
Listen to their conversation to learn more about vaccine development and
be sure to check out our recent vaccine-related content

to see how the pipeline continues to evolve.

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