The GrantWatch column in the May 2021 issue mentioned a broad sampling of foundations’ recent funding in COVID-19 areas including vaccination, data collection and analysis, mental health, legal services, and more. Also mentioned was a large grant for contact tracing in Africa.

In Key Personnel Changes, the Missouri Foundation for Health has a new president and CEO, who comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Today on Health Affairs Blog, Pablo Buitrón de la Vega and colleagues write about a leading voice for addressing health inequities among immigrants. In addition, Paige Nong and coauthors argue that structural racism is not an exemption from personal accountability.

In a new GrantWatch post, Rachel Block and Keanan Lane discuss the Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs, which supports health care cost growth target initiatives in five states.

Also, Katie Keith surveys recent research on the public option and what’s happening in the states.

Elevating Voices: Asian American and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month: Ge Bai and colleagues wrote an analysis this April that suggests that government and nonprofit hospitals’ charity care is not aligned with their favorable tax treatment.

One-on-One with Elizabeth "Liz" Fowler

On Thursday, June 3, 2021, you are invited to join Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil when he welcomes Elizabeth "Liz" Fowler, the new deputy administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and director of its Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), for an in-depth discussion of the Biden administration’s plans and priorities for CMS and CMMI.

There will be an opportunity for viewers to contribute questions.

Date: Thursday, June 3, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Place: Online details will be shared with registrants 24 hours in advance of the event.

Health Affairs is grateful to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Commonwealth Fund for their support of the special issue, "The Affordable Care Act Turns 10" (March 2020, Vol. 39, No. 3: 359-544), and this event.

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