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

**Wednesday, February 10, 2021**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

FOLLOWING THE ACA

Unpacking The Coverage Provisions In The House Pandemic Relief Drafts

By Katie Keith

On February 8, 2021, the Ways and Means Committee and the Education and
Labor Committee of the US House of Representatives each released draft
legislative text for the budget reconciliation legislation that
Democrats are pursuing for additional pandemic relief. The drafts are
the next step in a process that began when both chambers passed a 2021
budget reconciliation resolution last week. Read More >>

ACA Round-Up: Health Plan Filing Deadlines, Affordability Data,
Association Health Plan Litigation, And More

By Katie Keith

Over the past few weeks, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
has released new guidance and data related to the Affordable Care Act
(ACA). In addition, several pending ACA-related lawsuits have been
resolved or delayed. Read More >>

COVID-19

Four Recommendations To Efficiently And Equitably Accelerate The
COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

By William F. Parker, Govind Persad, and Monica E. Peek

Successful COVID-19 vaccination distribution requires efficient and
equitable operationalization of national guidelines at the local level.
We offer four recommendations for doing so. Read More >>

**IN THE JOURNAL**

CANCER

The Effect Of The Affordable Care Act On Cancer Detection Among The
Near-Elderly

By Fabian Duarte, Srikanth Kadiyala, Gerald F. Kominski, and Antonia
Riveros

Fabian Duarte and coauthors show that the reduction in the rate of
uninsurance among adults ages 60-64 due to the Affordable Care Act
greatly increased rates of cancer detection for this population.
Fifty-nine additional incidents of cancer were detected per 100,000
people, and 68 percent of these were early- and middle-stage
cancers-and thus more likely treatable. Read More >>

MEDICARE

The Impact Of Medicare On Access To And Affordability Of Health Care

By Paul D. Jacobs
             
Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Household
Component and the National Health Interview Survey, Paul Jacobs tested
for changes in access to care and affordability around age sixty-five,
when most people gain eligibility for Medicare. Read his findings on
accessibility and what they mean for proposals to lower the age of
Medicare eligibility. Read More >>

**ELEVATING VOICES: Black History Month**
Key to achieving health equity and racial equity in populations exposed
to violence is an understanding of the trauma that results from both
community and police altercations. One consequence of violence is
hypervigilance, a state of heightened awareness and watchfulness. In an
October 2019 paper, Nicole A. Smith and coauthors write, "Understanding
hypervigilance and, importantly, its linkages with violence and health
may help inform policing practices and health care responses to violence
in urban communities
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