The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Dear John,
Today we are revisiting popular Health Affairs articles, blog posts, and podcasts published this month.
November Content Highlights
In the Narrative Matters essay in November's Health Affairs, Nora Super shares her story of living with major depression and calls for better treatments and reducing the stigma surrounding mental health issues. Her essay argues for accessible and equitable care, improved alternative treatment options, and social prescribing.
Health Affairs Blog featured a post by Matthew Wynia and coauthors titled "Why A Universal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Is Ethical Today." Addressing counterpoints to common arguments against vaccine mandates, the authors argue that mandates should only be used if they are needed, and that the COVID-19 pandemic is one of those moments.
In celebration of the one-year anniversary of A Health Podyssey, Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviewed Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, on what he's learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the bright spots he sees for health care payment reform, and how he uses social media.
For those celebrating, Happy Thanksgiving. Health Affairs Today will be back in your inbox on Monday, November 29, when our staff returns to the office.
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Jacqueline Lantsman discusses how the Biden administration should use its power to bolster the budding bipartisan alliance required to pass the Medicaid Reentry Act.
Elevating Voices: Native American Heritage Month: In a Health Affairs Blog post from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Heidi Schultz foresaw the elevated risk Native American communities would face and described how philanthropic foundations could help. She wrote, "Even when we are not in the midst of a pandemic, life for many Natives is difficult, and access to good care is limited…Action is needed now to support these communities."
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Health Affairs is planning a theme issue on disability and health, to be published in October 2022. We plan to publish peer-reviewed articles from leading researchers, scholars, analysts, and health care stakeholders. Content will include original research, analyses, and commentaries to provide a multidimensional perspective on disability and health.
Health Affairs thanks the Ford Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and other members of the Presidents’ Council on Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy for their support of this issue. The articles in this issue will be open access
thanks to the generous support of these funders.
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