Health Affairs Blog is being rebranded to Health Affairs Forefront
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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
December 19, 2021
Dear John,
The latest Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) report
illustrates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on national health care
spending in 2020.
In Health Affairs news, we are excited to share that we are rebranding
Health Affairs Blog to
**Health Affairs Forefront**.
What's New In Health Affairs
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In an article published ahead-of-print this week, Micah Hartman and
colleagues from the CMS report on national health care spending in 2020
.
This is the first of the annual national spending reports to reflect the
impacts of the current pandemic.
The unprecedented government response to COVID-19 in 2020 resulted in a
substantial increase in national health expenditures, with
**US health care spending increasing 9.7 percent to reach $4.1 trillion
in 2020**. This is significantly greater than the 4.3 percent growth
rate in 2019.
"The acceleration in 2020 was due to a 36.0 percent increase in
federal expenditures for health care that occurred largely in response
to the COVID-19 pandemic," write Hartman and colleagues. Programs such
as the Paycheck Protection Program and the Provider Relief Fund saw
increased funding, and there was increased public health spending and
strong growth in federal Medicaid payments.
In her most recent Eye On Health Reform column, also released
ahead-of-print this week, Katie Keith updates readers about the Build
Back Better Act and the 2022 open enrollment period
.
If you missed it, check out
**Health Affairs** Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil's article introducing
readers to **Health Affairs Forefront**
,
the rebranded Health Affairs Blog.
The mission of Health Affairs Forefront will stay the same: Create a
space for rigorous, action-oriented insights related to health policy
research, ideas, and current policy events.
All articles will be deposited into CrossRef. Health Affairs Forefront
will now be indexed in Google Scholar in addition to Google and Google
News.
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Esther Friedman Explains Home Care and Nursing Home Workforce Changes
Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Esther
Friedman from the University of Michigan on her research investigating
state level changes in the nursing home and home care workforces.
Listen Here
Featured This Week
National Health Care Spending In 2020: Growth Driven By Federal Spending
In Response To The COVID-19 Pandemic
Micah Hartman et al.
EYE ON HEALTH REFORM: House Advances Build Back Better Act
Katie Keith
Podcast: Esther Friedman Explains Home Care and Nursing Home Workforce
Changes
Alan Weil and Esther Friedman
Podcast: New National Health Spending Data and Introducing Health
Affairs Forefront
Rob Lott and Chris Fleming
On Health Affairs Forefront
Welcome to Health Affairs Forefront
Alan Weil
Addiction Is An Emergency: End Wait Times For Services And Expand Access
To Life-Saving Medications
Aimee Moulin and Elizabeth Keating
Sources Of Health Care Price Variation Create Barriers To Measuring
Health Care Costs
Christopher M. Whaley
The Kids Are Not All Right: The Urgent Need To Expand Effective
Behavioral Health Services For Children And Youth
Vikki Wachino et al.
Early Successes Of The Maryland Primary Care Program
Howard Haft and Kevin Klembczyk
Value In Medicaid, Part 2: Challenges Concerning Health-Related Social
Needs
Anish P. Mahajan
Rethinking The Impact Of Audio-Only Visits On Health Equity
Lori Uscher-Pines and Lucy Schulson
How Bob Dole Left A Lasting Imprint On Medicare
Richard Sorian
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New National Health Spending Data and Introducing Health Affairs
Forefront
Listen to Health Affairs' Rob Lott and Chris Fleming discuss CMS's 2020
national health care spending data, published this week by Health
Affairs, and the rebrand of the Health Affairs Blog to its new digital
publication Health Affairs Forefront.
Listen Here
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