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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Monday, October 28, 2019
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MEDICAID
Medicaid Work Experiments Meet The D.C. Circuit
By Sara Rosenbaum, Alexander Somodevilla, Morgan Handley, Elizabeth Brim, and Erin Brantley
With seven other states awaiting CMS approval for Medicaid 1115 work experiments, more proposals moving through the state administrative pipeline, and several states poised for full implementation, the Gresham and Stewart appeals have taken on elevated importance.
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VIOLENCE
Trends In Public Opinion On US Gun Laws: Majorities Of Gun Owners And Non–Gun Owners Support A Range Of Measures
By Colleen Barry, Elizabeth Stone, Cassandra
Crifasi, Jon Vernick, Daniel Webster, and Emma McGinty
Colleen Barry and coauthors studied data from the National Survey of Gun Policy from the years 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019. The surveys were administered by the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, which sampled adult gun owners and non–gun owners alike. The findings show that large majorities of both owners and nonowners strongly support a range of measures to strengthen US gun laws. Read More >>
US Firearm-Related Mortality: National, State, And Population Trends, 1999–2017
By Jason E. Goldstick, April Zeoli, Christina Mair, and Rebecca M. Cunningham
Jason Goldstick and coauthors used death records from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to construct state-specific mortality trajectories and determine how mortality increases seen in 2015–17, relative to 1999–2014, are reflected across states and subpopulations. Read More >>
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PAST EVENT: AGING AND HEALTH –
IMPROVING CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS
Health Affairs and
The John A. Hartford Foundation hosted a robust policy conversation featuring authors from the journal’s Aging & Health series, as well as other experts in the field discussing topics including Moving Serious Illness Care from Hospital to Home, Disparities in Home- and Community-Based Care, and Impact of Caregiving on Spouses and Need for Support. Get caught up with the event: slides (click on Download Event), video, and podcast.
Read the journal’s series on Aging & Health.
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A CLOSER LOOK—Firearm Suicide
According to the Pew Research Center, 60 percent of all gun deaths in 2017 were from suicide. This Health Affairs journal article from the violence and health issue examines how the supply of behavioral health treatment services can reduce firearm suicide.
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