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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Dear John,

Before February ends, we wanted to highlight some of our favorite
content from this month that you may have missed. We're also featuring
this month's philanthropy-related blog posts in our monthly GrantWatch
Round-Up. Also, make sure
to follow us on Twitter and
LinkedIn to keep up
with our Elevating Voices

series, which we'll continue in March to celebrate Women's History
Month.

Four Highlights From February

* In a recent Health Affairs Blog post, Tom Frieden, former director of
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and former commissioner
of the New York City Health Department, argues that President Biden has
an opportunity to become "the public health president
"
by taking three urgent steps. What are those steps? Read the blog post
to find out.

* Victor Dzau, the president of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM),
stopped by A Health Podyssey
to
talk with Alan Weil about the recent release of NAM's Vital Directions
and its five health care priorities for 2021
.
The two discuss the most urgent health care issues confronting the Biden
administration, and Dzau shares how he thinks science is evolving and
influencing the field of health and medicine.

* In a paper that surveyed physicians' perceptions of people with
disability, Lisa Iezzoni and coauthors found that only 40.7 percent
of
respondents were "very confident" that they could "provide the same
quality of care" to patients with disability as to patients without
disability, raising questions about ensuring equitable care to people
with disability. Potentially biased views among physicians could
contribute to persistent health care disparities affecting people with
disability.

* Also in February, Health Affairs launched our Equity Project
.
Coinciding with the launch announcement, Project Director Vabren Watts
wrote a blog post about racial bias in scholarly publishing

and Health Affairs' plan to promote equity through "equitable
participation, new voices, and introspection." Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil
provided a deeper look

into the reasons for going public with the project launch in his own
blog post.

Featured in today's Elevating Voices series for Black History month is
a Narrative Matters essay by Louis W. Sullivan
,
former secretary of health and human services and the founding dean and
president emeritus of Morehouse School of Medicine. Sullivan writes
about his educational experience and the imperative to lower medical
school costs to enhance access. Listen to Sullivan read the essay here
.

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Worthy Of Your Time

Beyond Declarative Advocacy: Moving Organized Medicine And Policy Makers
From Position Statements To Anti-Racist Praxis

Rohan Khazanchi, Faith Crittenden, Anna S. Heffron, Emily C. Cleveland
Manchanda, Karthik Sivashanker, and Aletha Maybank

ACA Subsidies For Higher-Income Families Are Key To Enrolling More
Americans

Christine Eibner

Monthly GrantWatch Blog Round-Up

Responding To COVID-19: Supporting People In Recovery From Opioid Use
Disorder

Karen A. Scott, Kenneth Shatzkes, and Lydia Tschoe (2/11/21)

Philanthropy's Increased Focus On Health Equity Post-COVID-19

Cara James (2/4/21)

Philanthropy's Critical Role In Public Health Advocacy

Betsy Fuller and Kelly Henning (1/28/21)

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What are the policy priorities regarding US health costs and financing,
women's and children's health, mental health and addiction, older
adults' health care, and infectious disease threats? Hear from an
expert panel at the Vital Directions for Health and Health Care:
Priorities for 2021 virtual briefing.

Register Now

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