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Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Dear John,
As part of Health Affairs’ Back-To-School Essentials picks, Katie Keith shares her recommended essential content for students.
Katie Keith’s Back-To-School Essentials
Today kicks off a three-day series
in which we are sharing Health Affairs’ "Back-To-School Essentials." Each day we will promote content for future health policy experts learning the field’s ropes.
Today, our recommended essentials come from Katie Keith, an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and contributing editor at Health Affairs, who is focused on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and health reform.
If you’re a regular reader of Health Affairs Blog, you know I read. A
lot—on all things Affordable Care Act. On the occasion that my professional reading isn’t crowding out my personal reading, here are a few of my recent favorite reads or podcast episodes:
An obvious choice, I know. But how could this incredible political history of the ACA not make the list? If you won’t take my word for it, check out thisreview from my mentor and friend Tim Jost, who called Cohn’s book "the most readable and comprehensive history of the ACA yet available."
I am admittedly still working my way through Heather McGhee’s tour de force on the
costs of racism and inequality in America. Access to health care (or rather the lack thereof) is featured throughout the book, and McGhee seamlessly weaves data and research into her own story and the stories of people all across the country in this must-read book.
I’m not much of a podcast listener (except for A Health Podyssey and Tradeoffs, of course!)
but I loved this recent episode of The Ezra Klein Show featuring science writer Annie Murphy Paul. Paul explains that our brain is not a machine. Listen and you’ll learn why I have my camera off so I can walk during a meeting or occasionally fidget while speaking on panels.
I picked up this book after reading a review saying that it was okay—and even great!—to (nicely) rock the boat at work and at home. Through her research on group dynamics, Nemeth provides a unique perspective on how dissent can lead to better decisions and should be encouraged among leaders.
I have read and reread this powerful Health Affairs Blog post and often share it with the
physicians in my life. It is a stark reminder of how bias is built into the very fabric of the practice of medicine—and what medical societies can and should be doing to address historic and persistent racism in health care.
In addition to Katie Keith’s reading list, we encourage students to review a policy insight by Jonathan Oberlander in our March 2020 theme issue, The ACA Turns 10. Oberlander explores why theACA has been so divisive despite its considerable accomplishments.
Also, look out for an upcoming Health Affairs Lunch And Learn featuring Katie
Keith. At this free virtual event, she and editor Chris Fleming will discuss how to break down ACA legislation.
Lastly, take advantage of the Health AffairsStudent Subscription Rate! Students can unlock all of our peer-reviewed articles and much more at a reduced rate. Prices start at $81 for an online-only subscription.
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Katie Keith discusses the August 26 letter from the state of Georgia to federal officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rejecting CMS’s request for updated actuarial and
economic analyses of the baseline for Georgia’s approved waiver under Section 1332 of the ACA. Ümit Kartoğlu from Extensio et Progressio discusses how vaccine wastage can be minimized in immunization programs.
Beverly Green and Laura-Mae Baldwin argue that requiring states and health plans to track Medicaid colorectal cancer screening rates is the first step toward improving screening disparities.
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Julian Harris On The Connection Between Unmet Social Needs And Health Care Costs
In our first special Excursion episode, Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Julian Harris, CEO of ConcertoCare. The two discuss social determinants of health, the connection between unmet social needs and health care costs, how COVID-19 affected health equity, why the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is special, and more.
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