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

**Wednesday, December 11, 2019**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

PHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Prescription Drug Legislation In Congress: An Update

By Rachel Sachs

Over the past week, there have been developments in both houses of
Congress on drug pricing legislation. In this post, I summarize the
developments, explaining what each package would and would not do for
different aspects of the drug pricing issue. Then, I situate these
Congressional developments within the context of the White House and
executive branch's efforts to advance regulatory reforms in this area.
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MEDICAID

Medicaid Recipient Awareness Of Work Requirements: Importance And
Challenges

By Jessica Greene

In this post, I discuss how low enrollee awareness has long plagued not
just work requirements but other Medicaid "consumer-driven"
policies. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

The Decline In Rural Medical Students: A Growing Gap In Geographic
Diversity Threatens The Rural Physician Workforce

By Scott A. Shipman, Andrea Wendling, Karen C. Jones, Iris Kovar-Gough,
Janis M. Orlowski, and Julie Phillips

Medical students from rural backgrounds are more likely to practice in
rural areas than those from urban backgrounds are. Scott Shipman and
coauthors find that in the years 2002-17 the number of medical school
applicants from a rural background declined by 18 percent and the number
of matriculants declined by 28 percent, while urban applicants increased
by 59 percent and matriculants by 35 percent. Read More >>

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HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS-PAST EVENT:  RURAL HEALTH

The December 2019 issue of Health Affairs explores various dimensions of
health and health care in rural America-the health needs of people
living in rural areas, inequities, financing of care-and identifies
policies and practices that can improve the health and well-being of
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A CLOSER LOOK-HIV And HCV Testing

Substance abuse facilities that offer HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) testing
can play a key role in identifying and interrupting transmission of
these viruses, and help serve as sentinel surveillance for prospective
outbreaks. However, most substance abuse facilities don't test for
either. To better understand which regions may not be adequately
offering testing services, the authors of a Health Affairs Blog post
conducted an analysis of substance abuse facilities to assess the
availability of HIV and HCV testing nationally
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