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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
View Agenda
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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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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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.
Read More >>
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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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About Health Affairs
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