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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Friday, August 13, 2021
Dear John,
In a new episode of Health Affairs This Week
, Rob
Lott and Jeff Byers discuss how public transportation affects health.
Paid Sick Leave At Olive Garden
In an August 2021 paper in Health Affairs, Daniel Schneider and
coauthors explore the effects of public pressure on Olive Garden, the
multistate casual dining chain, to expand paid sick leave
amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the federal
government required employers with between 50 and 500 employees to
provide paid sick leave to employees who may have contracted the virus,
among other requirements. Large firms like Olive Garden, however, were
exempt.
In their analysis, Schneider and coauthors observed a sustainable and
significant increase in the share of Olive Garden workers reporting
access to paid sick leave, from 23 percent in spring 2019 to 66 percent
in spring 2020.
They additionally found evidence that Olive Garden's paid sick leave
expansion reduced the incidence of presenteeism, or working while ill,
among front-line food service workers, promoting both worker health and
public health.
For more on the pandemic from Health Affairs, visit our COVID-19
Resource Center
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Today on Health Affairs Blog, Purva Rawal and coauthors argue that
achieving sustainable savings without compromising quality will require
a patient-centered approach
to policy making.
Alain Enthoven argues that the health care "system" we have is
designed perfectly to deliver the unsatisfactory results we see, but
there is a better approach: m
anaged
competition
.
A new GrantWatch post by Corinne Lewis and Christina Wu discusses the
Commonwealth Fund's initiative to improve data collection on the
long-term services and supports needs of working-age adults with
disabilities
.
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Today's episode of This Week
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Olive Garden's Expansion Of Paid Sick Leave During COVID-19 Reduced
The Share Of Employees Working While Sick
Daniel Schneider et al.
Making Alternative Payment Models Work For Patients
Purva Rawal et al.
Employer Self-Funded Health Insurance Is Taking Us In The Wrong
Direction
Alain C. Enthoven
A Call For Improved Data Collection On The Long-Term Services And
Supports Needs Of Working-Age Adults With Disabilities
Corinne Lewis and Christina Wu
Podcast: The Public Transit-Health Connection
Rob Lott and Jeff Byers
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The Public Transit-Health Connection
Listen to Health Affairs' Rob Lott and Jeff Byers discuss how public
transportation affects health and health equity. In addition, they
discuss the latest on the sweeping bipartisan infrastructure bill.
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