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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Dear John,

While delayed and cancelled appointments due to the COVID-19 pandemic
were common over the past year, it's important to ask whether certain
populations were more affected than others by these disruptions.

The Patients Most Disrupted by COVID-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted patients and providers to delay or
cancel a substantial share of medical care in the past year. In an
article published ahead of print today
,
Kevin Callison and Jason Ward examined the socioeconomic and demographic
characteristics of patients who have been subject to these involuntary
care disruptions.

Using survey data from May through October 2020, they found that,
"older age, being in fair or poor health, greater education, the
presence of a work-limiting disability, and having health insurance
coverage were associated with greater likelihood of experiencing an
involuntary disruption in accessing medical care as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic."

Some of these populations are consistent with those that experience a
constant level of disruption across the health care system, but
others-such as the respondents with higher levels of education-are
less intuitive. Read Callison and Ward's

paper for more about their findings.

In a new Health Affairs Blog post, Katie Keith takes a deep dive into a
district court decision in the "take care" lawsuit that set aside
several Trump administration policy changes
;
an appellate decision regarding the health insurance tax as it applies
to Medicaid managed care entities; and a district court decision
allowing challenges to the ACA's preventive services mandate to
proceed.

Also, Kara Odom Walker and coauthors discuss how to sustain the
reductions in childhood poverty

that will result from the December 2020 COVID-19 relief law and the
March 2021 American Rescue Plan.

Check out our COVID-19 Resource Center
for free
content about all things related to the pandemic.

Your Daily Digest

Associations Between Individual Demographic Characteristics And
Involuntary Health Care Delays As A Result Of COVID-19

Kevin Callison and Jason Ward

ACA Litigation Round-Up, Part 2: Which 2019 Payment Rule Changes Were
Legal? Plus, More From Judge O'Connor On The ACA

Katie Keith

Creating An Agenda For Children's Resiliency And Health

Kara Odom Walker, Josh Rising, and Daniella Gratale

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Request For Abstracts Q&A:
Racism And Health

Health Affairs is planning an upcoming issue on Racism and Health, with
an emphasis on structural racism. To be published in February 2022, it
will feature original research, analyses, commentaries, and personal
narrative. The deadline to submit abstracts
,
May 3, is fast approaching.

If you are thinking about submitting an abstract
,
join us tomorrow for an informal, online Q&A session,

**"Tips for Navigating our Request for Abstracts (RFA) Process." **

T

**he Q&A will be hosted by Health Equity Director Vabren Watts and
Senior Editor Jessica Bylander.**

Date:     Thursday, April 22, 2021

**Time:     **1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET

**Place:    **Online (meeting details will be emailed in advance)
Presenters to include:

Arturo Vargas Bustamante, Associate Professor of Health Policy and
Management at UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health, and recent
theme issue adviser for

**Health Affairs**, will share his thoughts on what makes a successful
abstract and his advice for someone hoping to publish in

**Health Affairs.**

Please note: We encourage papers that represent cross-disciplinary
efforts that bridge health and nonhealth sectors. In addition, we are
seeking contributions from junior faculty; authors with lived experience
of racism, including nonacademic community members; and authors from
Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-Serving
Institutions, tribal colleges and universities, and Asian American and
Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions.

**Health Affairs** thanks the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the
Episcopal Health Foundation for their generous support of this issue.

 RSVP

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