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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs

Friday, June 4, 2021

Dear John,

Don't miss today's Health Affairs This Week episode where Katie Keith
and Chris Fleming discuss how states are leading the way on the public
option
.

May's Most-Read Blog Posts

Don't miss our five most-read blog posts from May 2021.

* Brian Hughes and coauthors discuss how the changing thinking around
chronic fatigue syndrome

might inform our approach to Long COVID.

* In a Grantwatch blog post, Alonzo Plough and Gail Christopher write
about the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's independent National
Commission to Transform Public Health Data Systems, which aims to
modernize our public health data infrastructure to improve health equity
.

* J. Nwando Olayiwola, the inaugural chief health equity officer at
Humana, offers five major priorities for successfully integrating health
equity into US health plans
.

* Nisarg Patel writes about how the uptake of digital therapeutics
-evidence-based
technologies that prevent, treat, or manage disease-is being slowed by
the lack of a clear Medicare coverage pathway.

* John Lumpkin and coauthors share that, when it comes to talking about
health, it's important to use language that speaks to the realities of
peoples' lives
.

Today on Health Affairs Blog, Kevin McAvey argues that it's time to
assess the deficiencies in our country's health information
infrastructure
.
Peter Suwondo and coauthors call on President Biden to help vaccinate
the world against COVID-19
.

And, in the second post of their two-part blog series, David Anderson
and Patrick O'Mahen discuss how states should link health insurance
eligibility and enrollment systems

with tax and social service databases.

Coming on Monday: Vabren Watts
,
Health Affairs Health Equity Project Director, will be speaking at the
Virtual National Health Equity Summit

on a panel titled "Advancing Health Equity in Health Services Research
and Health-Related Scholarly Publishing." He will be joined by Health
Affairs authors Rhea Boyd, Edwin Lindo
,
and Fernando De Maio
.

Elevating Voices: Pride Month: Revisit May 2020's Leading To Health
article by David Tuller about the UnityPoint Health Prairie Parkway
LGBTQ clinic
.
The clinic meets a need in the community, is busy enough to be
self-sustaining, and has had ripple effects beyond the provision of
health care in the area.

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Inequalities At Work And The Toll Of COVID-19

A new Health Affairs Policy Brief covers inequalities in workplace
exposure to health risks and economic insecurity. The COVID-19 pandemic
has further exacerbated these risks for many, but has also shined a
light on the problem. In their new brief, Rebecca Wolfe and coauthors
argue that policy action is needed to protect workers' health during
the pandemic and to support worker empowerment and equitable
opportunities in the future.

Read More

Your Daily Digest

Paradigm Lost: Lessons For Long COVID-19 From A Changing Approach To
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Brian Hughes et al.

New Commission To Tackle How National Health Data Are Collected, Shared,
And Used

Alonzo Plough and Gail C. Christopher

Five Keys To Realizing Health Equity In US Health Plans

J. Nwando Olayiwola

Modernizing Medicare Coverage Pathways For Prescription Digital
Therapeutics

Nisarg Patel

What We Need To Be Healthy-And How To Talk About It

John R. Lumpkin et al.

Investing In The Data Systems We Need To Create The Health System We
Deserve

Kevin McAvey

It's Time For A Biden Plan To Help Vaccinate The World Against
COVID-And End This Pandemic For Good. Here's What It Should Include.

Peter Suwondo et al.

How to Improve Consumer Plan Selection In ACA Marketplaces-Part 2

David Anderson and Patrick O'Mahen

For LGBTQ Patients, High-Quality Care In A Welcoming Environment

David Tuller

Inequalities At Work And The Toll Of COVID-19

Rebecca Wolfe et al.

Podcast: States Are Leading The Way On The Public Option

Chris Fleming and Katie Keith

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States Are Leading The Way On The Public Option

Listen to Health Affairs' Chris Fleming and Georgetown University's
Katie Keith discuss the latest measures states are considering in
adopting a public option for health care coverage.

Listen Here

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