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."
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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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
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