Read on for highlights from Health Affairs this week.
What's New In Health Affairs
The July issue of Health Affairs is dedicated exclusively to borders, immigrants, and health.
In the issue you’ll find original research, analysis, and binational perspectives on migration and health policy at the US-Mexico border and beyond. Read Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil's column, in which he highlights some of the issue's key topics and articles. You can also check out the complete table of contents.
Also, Abigail Friedman and coauthor Atheendar Venkataramani connect reported immigration enforcement activity with health care use and access among Hispanic and non-Hispanic residents.
This week on Health Affairs Blog, Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) argued that now is the time to take action on junk insurance plans and close the Trump administration loophole that
allowed these plans to flourish.
The Importance Of Mental Health Workers For Mobile Crisis Response
Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview CAHOOTS cofounder David Zeiss on using mobile mental health workers as part of crisis response.
No Surprises Act: Known Impacts on Surprise Medical Bills & What's Next
Listen to Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Chris Fleming break down the No Surprises Act which offers patient protections on surprise medical bills.
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.
Health Affairs is the leading peer-reviewedjournalat the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Published monthly by Project HOPE,
the journal is available in print and online. Late-breaking content is also found through healthaffairs.org, Health Affairs Today, and Health Affairs Sunday Update.
Project HOPE is a global health and humanitarian relief organization that places power in the hands of local health care workers to save lives across the globe. Project HOPE has published Health Affairs since 1981.
