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Friday, April 8, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From
Health Affairs

Dear John,

On April 12 at 3:00 PM Eastern, join Health Affairs for our April
Journal Club meeting with Evan Lemire, focused on his article
,
"Unequal Housing Conditions And Code Enforcement Contribute To Asthma
Disparities In Boston, Massachusetts."

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Out-Of-Pocket Abortion Charges

In their April article, Ushma Upadhyay and colleagues find that the
median patient out-of-pocket charges increased

for medication abortion and first trimester procedural abortion during
2017-20 by thirteen and twenty-one percent, respectively.

The proportion of facilities accepting insurance declined by nine
percentage points.

"With 75 percent of abortion patients living on low incomes and relying
on Medicaid, accepting Medicaid causes financial challenges for
facilities," the authors explain.

"As administrative costs for facilities increase, it becomes less
feasible for facilities to survive on low insurance reimbursement
rates."

Upadhyay and colleagues discuss the equity implications of these
findings in their conclusion, writing, "History shows that when abortion
care is restricted, it is Black and Hispanic people who have the
greatest challenges obtaining care."

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Elsewhere At Health Affairs

Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Angela Shen and coauthors write about
how building vaccine confidence

is critical to addressing the complexities of vaccine hesitancy among
all populations.

While the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require state
Medicaid programs to cover COVID-19 counseling visits for children, the
authors argue that a lack of coverage for adult counseling can fuel
institutional inequity across the health care delivery system.

Another article in Forefront today by Erin Weir Lakhmani examines how
states can prepare for the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency

while providing continued coverage for dually eligible individuals under
Medicaid and CHIP.

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Biden Wants To Fix The ACA's Family Glitch. What Is That?

Listen to Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack interview Georgetown
University's Katie Keith about the Affordable Care Act's "family glitch"
and the Biden administration's proposed fix.

Listen Here

Daily Digest

Trends In Self-Pay Charges And Insurance Acceptance For Abortion In The
United States, 2017-20

Ushma D. Upadhyay

Building Layers Of Trust Through Financial Coverage For COVID-19
Counseling

Angela K. Shen et al.

When The Public Health Emergency Ends: What Will It Mean For Dually
Eligible Individuals?

Erin Weir Lakhmani

Podcast: Biden Wants To Fix The ACA's Family Glitch. What Is That?

Katie Keith and Leslie Erdelack

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