Forefront: Vaccines and Testing Equity
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Friday, May 20, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From
Health Affairs
Dear John,
In case you missed it, yesterday we announced the launch of Health
Affairs Insider, a membership offering exclusive access to content
beyond the journal.
Health Affairs Insider memberships will be available starting May 24.
Read more from Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil
on
Health Affairs Forefront.
AI/AN Medicare Advantage Enrollees
In the May issue of Health Affairs, Steven Martino and coauthors assess
the quality of care received by American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN)
Medicare Advantage enrollees
.
The authors find that AI/AN Medicare Advantage enrollees fared better
than their White counterparts on some measures and worse on others, with
the differences occurring within the same health plans.
The authors also note that measures for which AI/AN beneficiaries were
less likely to receive care meeting clinical standards were mainly ones
pertaining to appropriate treatment of diagnosed conditions.
Overall, the authors identify the need to address large inequities in
the treatment of alcohol or other drug dependence, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, and diabetes, conditions that AI/AN people suffer
from at higher rates than the overall US population.
Elsewhere At Health Affairs
Today in Health Affairs Forefront, three related articles were published
about COVID-19 vaccination and testing equity.
Brian Phillips and coauthors describe the strengths and limitations of
three approaches for measuring and visualizing progress toward equity
in
vaccination uptake.
Ramla Bile and coauthors discuss how the Seward Vaccine Equity Project
,
has found success through community organizing.
Andrea Thoumi and coauthors identify lessons
from a National Institutes of Health initiative which aims to increase
access to COVID-19 tests in historically marginalized populations.
Also, Sara Rosenbaum and Tim Jost discuss how the Supreme Court could
strip Medicaid beneficiaries
of
the right to sue to enforce their rights. Jost also went on our Health
Affairs This Week podcast
to
discuss.
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Tim Jost Previews Supreme Court Impacts On Medicaid Beneficiaries
Health Affairs' Chris Fleming and Tim Jost discuss Supreme Court cases
that could strip enrollees in Medicaid and other programs of the right
to sue to enforce their rights.
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Daily Digest
Disparities In The Quality Of Clinical Care Delivered To American
Indian/Alaska Native Medicare Advantage Enrollees
Steven C. Martino et al.
There's No Perfect Way To Measure COVID-19 Vaccination Equity, But
Here's Where To Begin
Brian Phillips et al.
Redressing Systemic Inequities: Five Lessons For Community-Based
COVID-19 Testing From The RADx-UP Initiative
Andrea Thoumi et al.
Lessons From An Immigrant-Focused Community COVID-19 Vaccination
Organization
Ramla Bile et al.
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