The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
July 3, 2021
Dear John,
We're sending Health Affairs Sunday Update today in observance of the July 4 holiday.
Read on for highlights from Health Affairs this week.
What's New In Health Affairs
Health Affairs published two new policy briefs this week, both by Rebecca Haffajee and Amanda Mauri, about cannabis use policies and legalization in the United States.
For a DataWatch article, David Meyers and colleagues examined growth in Medicare Advantage enrollment during expansion of the program from 2009 to 2018. They found that Black and Hispanic beneficiaries, dual enrollees in Medicare and Medicaid, and residents of areas with the highest level of neighborhood disadvantage saw the largest increases in enrollment.
The June 2021 GrantWatch column by Lee L. Prina is focused on telehealth.
On Health Affairs
Blog, James Chambers and coauthors discussed how Medicare should respond to the FDA's recent decision on aducanumab and proposed a "coverage with evidence development" option for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The July 2021 issue of Health Affairs takes an intensive look at the policy issues related to immigrants, borders, and health. Articles describe current migration trends and supply new data analysis and commentary on how policies can address disparities and ease the disproportionate health burden borne by immigrants.
You are invited to join us on Monday, July 12, for an event focused on health and health policy on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Authors will present research on topics including life expectancy of populations who have crossed the border, insurance coverage statistics for adults and children, trauma and safety issues for those faced with expedited expulsion from America to the Northern Triangle, and the effects of COVID-19 on
immigrants and asylum seekers. The event will also feature a high-level conversation with well-known experts on the broader issues policy makers, including the new American president, are confronting every day.
We also invite you to save the date for a second online event highlighting the July 2021 Health Affairs thematic issue:Immigrant Health: Evidence & Policy Issues, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 1:30-3 pm (EDT). For more information and to RSVP, click here. Health Affairs is grateful to Arturo Vargas Bustamante of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health who served as theme issue adviser. We thank the California Health Care Foundation, The California Endowment, and Con Alma Health Foundation
for their financial support of this issue.
Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Sarah James, a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University, on the effects of adolescent exposure to deadly gun violence.
Home-Based Care Left Out Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan
Listen to Health Affairs' Ellen Bayer and Jessica Bylander go beyond recent headlines on President Biden's infrastructure plan and discuss important provisions that
could improve home-based care.
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