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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Friday, September 24, 2021
Dear John,
Global health papers in the September issue focus on heart attack care
and sick leave.
Heart Attack Care & Paid Sick Leave
Two papers in the most recent issue of Health Affairs compare aspects of
US health care with other countries.
In one paper, John Hsu and coauthors compared heart attack care among
the elderly
in the United States and Norway, two countries with some of the
world's highest per capita medical spending levels.
"To our surprise," they wrote, "post-acute myocardial infarction
treatments dropped substantially with increasing age, including both
more invasive procedural treatments and inexpensive medications" in
both countries. The size of the decrease is modestly smaller in the US
than in Norway.
In the second study, Jody Heymann and colleagues looked at inequities
related to the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act
,
which provides job protection but no pay. The act's "minimum hours
requirement disproportionately excludes women...whereas its tenure
requirement disproportionately excludes Black, Indigenous, and
multiracial workers," they found.
The authors emphasize that US policies differ significantly from those
of its peers: "Every other high-income country provides paid sick
leave to all workers regardless of firm size, nearly all countries with
paid sick leave cover workers regardless of hours, and a majority do so
regardless of tenure."
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Jared Baeten from Gilead Sciences responds
to criticism of Gilead's research decisions
around two decades of HIV therapy development.
In a new GrantWatch post, Laudan Aron and coauthors describe three key
recommendations from an Urban Institute assessment of a portfolio of
health-focused community development grants
awarded by a large foundation. These insights could help other funders
seeking long-lasting systems change to improve community health,
well-being, and equity.
Elevating Voices: Hispanic Heritage Month: In a GrantWatch blog post
earlier this year, Alonzo Plough and Gail Christopher discussed the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's National Commission to Transform
Public Health Data Systems.
They argue, "Current health data constructs and systems exemplify
structural racism in their lack of detail by race and ethnicity and
failure to make disaggregated data available when they have been
collected."
Listen to our latest podcasts .
On today's episode of This Week, Jessica Bylander and Rob Lott talk
about recent policy movements on maternal health and postpartum
insurance coverage
.
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Myocardial Infarction Care Among The Elderly: Declining Treatment With
Increasing Age In Two Countries
John Hsu et al.
US Sick Leave In Global Context: US Eligibility Rules Widen Inequalities
Despite Readily Available Solutions
Jody Heymann et al.
Patient-Focused Drug Development Is An Iterative Process: Gilead's
Response to Dickson and Killelea
Jared Baeten
New Insights On How Philanthropy Can Improve Community Health
Laudan Aron et al.
New Commission To Tackle How National Health Data Are Collected, Shared,
And Used
Alonzo Plough and Gail C. Christopher
Podcast: The Fight to Expand Postpartum Medicaid-And Why It Matters
Jessica Bylander and Rob Lott
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The Fight to Expand Postpartum Medicaid-And Why It Matters
Listen to Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Rob Lott talk about
recent policy movements on maternal health and postpartum insurance
coverage.
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You are invited to join us on
**Tuesday, September 28,**for "
**Following the ACA: A Status Check**," featuring
**Health Affairs** Contributing Editor Katie Keith
.
More than a decade since it was signed into law, the Affordable Care Act
has been baked into every part of the health care system. The law has
been a success on many measures, but its impact on other
indicators-such as health care costs-is far from clear.
As Congress considers new ways to build upon the law, join us to learn
more about the history of health reform, what it has meant for access to
coverage and care, and what to expect next from Congress and the White
House.
The session is intended to be highly interactive, and participants will
interact directly with the speaker. Chris Fleming, Health Affairs blog
editor, will moderate.
**Date:Â Â Â Tuesday, September 28, 2021**
**Time: Â Â 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (EDT)**
**Place:Â Â Â Online details will be shared with registrants 24 hours
in advance of the event**
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