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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Wednesday, November 6, 2019**

HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS- CULTURE OF HEALTH: HOUSING AND HEALTH

Tomorrow!  9:00 am - 11:00 am Eastern
W Hotel Washington - 515 15th Street NW, Washington DC
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Since 2015, Health Affairs has published important work related to a
"Culture of Health." The November 7 briefing will highlight the
relationship between housing and health by featuring panels of
contributing authors and practitioners who are meeting the challenges.
Join this robust discussion of how community and place play an important
role in promoting health and preventing disease. Learn More and View
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TODAY ON THE BLOG

MEDICAID

The Effects Of The Comprehensive Addiction And Recovery Act Of 2016 On
Nurse Practitioner And Physician Assistant Buprenorphine Prescribing in
Medicaid

By Karin E. Johnson, Rekha Varghese, Bo Feng, Mike Liu, Ali Sanford,
Paul Dowell, and John Wedeles

Granting authority to prescribe buprenorphine, regardless of clinician
specialty, is only one of many efforts to ensure access to treatment.
Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

The Effect Of The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program On Mortality

By Colleen M. Heflin, Samuel J. Ingram, and James P. Ziliak

SNAP benefits are known to reduce food insecurity, but does that
translate into better health? Colleen Heflin and coauthors find that
SNAP participation reduces all-cause mortality by 1-2 percentage
points. It also reduces the likelihood of death from alcoholic liver
disease, poisoning, or suicide among people ages 40-64. Read More >>

Evaluating A USDA Program That Gives SNAP Participants Financial
Incentives To Buy Fresh Produce In Supermarkets

By Pasquale E. Rummo, Danton Noriega, Alex Parret, Matthew Harding, Oran
Hesterman, and Brian E. Elbel

Doubling the value of SNAP benefits when used at farmers markets
increases the purchase of fresh fruit and vegetables by low-income
people. Pasquale Rummo and coauthors examine the effects of a similar
program in grocery stores, where most food is purchased. Using data from
thirty-two supermarkets in Michigan, the authors find that SNAP
participants' spending on fruit and vegetables in participating
supermarkets was 7.4 percent and 2.2 percent higher than in control
supermarkets in 2015 and 2016, respectively. Read More >>

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A CLOSER LOOK-Alzheimer's Disease

**** China recently approved a drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's
disease-the first new medicine with the potential to treat the
cognitive disorder in seventeen years. A Health Affairs Blog post
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dementia care

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