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

**Tuesday, February 16, 2021**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

COSTS & SPENDING

Congressional Budget Office Scores Medicare-For-All: Universal Coverage
For Less Spending

By Adam Gaffney, David Himmelstein, and Steffie Woolhandler

We discuss the CBO's estimates of single-payer's overall effects on
national health spending, the implications of the estimates for
providers, and the concerns the analysts raise about worsened
"provider congestion" under a single-payer health care system. Read
More >>

PUBLIC HEALTH

How To Become The Public Health President

By Tom Frieden

We can improve both health and the efficiency of our health system if we
take three transformative steps. Read More >>

COVID-19

Assessing The Legality Of Mandates For Vaccines Authorized Via An
Emergency Use Authorization

By Efthimios Parasidis and Aaron S. Kesselheim

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued two Emergency Use
Authorizations (EUAs) for COVID-19 vaccines, and may soon issue a third.
Discussion of vaccine mandates is plentiful, including the potential for
state-issued orders and private directives from employers and other
nongovernmental entities. What remains unclear is the legality of
mandates for EUA vaccines. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

LEADING TO HEALTH: HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION

American Indians' Growing Presence In The Health Professions

By Sarah Kwon

Sarah Kwon reports on how the University of North Dakota's
comprehensive approach aims to boost American Indian representation in
medicine and public health. Read about the efforts behind the
country's first Ph.D. program in Indigenous health and what more
American Indian physicians means for the health care system at large.
Read More >>

HEALTH AFFAIRS PODCAST

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Building The Next Generation Of American Indian Doctors

Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Donald
Warne, a professor and director of the Indians Into Medicine program at
the University of North Dakota, on increasing the number of American
Indian physicians and improving health care access for Indigenous
populations.

Listen here.

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**ELEVATING VOICES: Black History Month**
COVID-19 has exposed and worsened many racial and ethnic health
disparities. However, now that these issues are more visible than ever
there is a chance for health equity to be fought for by health
providers. Using critical race theory, Michelle Morse and coauthors
present and explain this message of progress
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