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

**Monday, December 9, 2019**

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HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS-2019 Commonwealth Fund International Health
Policy Survey

This Week! December 11, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Eastern
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TODAY ON THE BLOG

MEDICARE

Medicare For All Would Improve Hospital Financing

By Christopher Cai and James Kahn

Two current bills, H.R.1384 and S.1129, would implement a single-payer,
Medicare for All reform. Under these bills, needed hospitals,
particularly rural and safety net, could thrive, and unnecessary
hospitals would close. Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

New Data On Health Spending, White Paper On Risk Adjustment Data
Validation

By Katie Keith

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the
Actuary released new data showing that national spending reached a total
of $3.6 trillion in 2018, or $11,172 per person. CMS released a new
white paper on risk adjustment data validation (RADV) with the goal of
soliciting feedback for future RADV policy. Stakeholders can comment on
the white paper until January 6, 2020. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

RURAL HEALTH

****Lack Of Access To Specialists Associated With Mortality And
Preventable Hospitalizations Of Rural Medicare Beneficiaries

By Kenton J. Johnston, Hefei Wen, and Karen E. Joynt Maddox

What are the consequences of access barriers in rural areas? Kenton
Johnston and coauthors find that rural Medicare beneficiaries with
chronic conditions experience a 40 percent higher preventable
hospitalization rate and a 23 percent higher mortality rate, compared to
urban residents. Read More >>

Higher US Rural Mortality Rates Linked To Socioeconomic Status,
Physician Shortages, And Lack Of Health Insurance

By Gordon Gong, Scott G. Phillips, Catherine Hudson, Debra Curti, and
Billy U. Philips

Gordon Gong and coauthors identify socioeconomic status, physician
shortages, and lack of health insurance as the primary reasons rural
residents have higher mortality rates than urban residents do in almost
every state in the country. Read More >>

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A CLOSER LOOK- Risk Corridors Litigation

Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Maine Community Health
Options v. US, in which insurers seek payments they claim are owed them
under the Affordable Care Act's risk corridors program. This summer,
on Health Affairs Blog, Katie Keith explained the history of the case
and previewed the issues the Court will face
.
As Keith notes, the court's decision will affect not only the dispute
over risk corridors payments, but also a separate dispute over
reimbursements sought by insurers for cost-sharing reductions they are
required to provide low-income Marketplace enrollees under the ACA.
Watch **Health Affairs** Blog for
analysis of tomorrow's arguments.

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