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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Tuesday, October 22, 2019**

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HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS
LOS ANGELES BRIEFING:  VIOLENCE & HEALTH

Breakfast Included!

TOMORROW, 9:00 am-12:00 pm Pacific
Town & Gown Ballroom
USC Campus - 665 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90089

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Join us in Los Angeles for a briefing on Violence & Health, the October
Health Affairs issue. Access Issue

The forum will feature authors from a select group of studies contained
in the issue, as well as community leaders, policy makers, and residents
who are developing and deploying strategies for combating violence in
their daily lives. View Speakers

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

****FOLLOWING THE ACA

Open Enrollment Period Is Coming: New Premium Data From CMS

By Katie Keith

Average premium reductions and higher insurer participation for 2020 are
encouraging heading into open enrollment. However, some metrics still
lag behind earlier years. Also, modest premium reductions may not be
enough to reverse recently rising uninsurance rates. Read More >>

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

The Peril Of Medicare For All

By Bobby Clark

We must do everything in our power to avoid a divisive battle over
Medicare for All, when more incremental, evidence-based reforms could be
implemented far more easily while achieving the same outcomes. We need
not upend the entire health system for every American, as some suggest,
to improve the quality, access, and affordability of health care in this
country. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

PUBLIC OPINION

California Public Opinion On Health Professionals Talking With Patients
About Firearms

By Rocco Pallin, Amanda Charbonneau, Garen J. Wintemute, and Nicole
Kravitz-Wirtz

Medical and public health organizations have recommended that health
professionals discuss firearm safety with patients at risk for
gun-related injury, yet few health professionals do so. Concerns that
patients may view conversations about firearms as inappropriate have
been reported in prior studies. Using state-representative data from the
2018 California Safety and Wellbeing Survey, Rocco Pallin and coauthors
found that most Californians report gun safety conversations with health
professionals to be at least sometimes appropriate when these
conversations involved a patient who had a known risk factor for
firearm-related harm.
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A CLOSER LOOK- Drug Importation

In a recent Cabinet meeting, President Trump was reported to have urged
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar to "really speed it up"
on drug importation. In a July 2019 Health Affairs Blog post, Rachel
Sachs provided an in-depth analysis
of
the administration's proposal. 

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