Sunday, August 28, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
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Insurance Coverage Expansion
Earlier this week, Simiao Chen of Heidelberg University wrote a guest essay for the Health Affairs Today newsletter discussing the benefits of expanded health insurance coverage.
Using household surveys, the authors found that only one in five people across fifty-six low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) had health insurance.
Inadequate coverage is associated with low access to care, heightened risk of poor health outcomes
including premature mortality, and potential for catastrophic health expenditures.
Chen suggests that improved health insurance coverage in LMICs is therefore urgently needed, and spending more on insurance coverage will enable countries to achieve universal health coverage, promote socioeconomic development, and maximize the welfare of their populations.
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In Health Affairs Forefront, Katie Keith writes about a court ruling that greenlights non-ACA arrangements, and she indicates that if the Fifth Circuit ruling stands, it could undermine state insurance regulation.
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Ann Nguyen On Practicing Across State Lines
In An Emergency
Ann Nguyen from Rutgers University joins A Health Podyssey to discuss what happens when you suspend interstate barriers to medical practice.
Listen to Health Affairs' Kathleen Haddad and Jessica Bylander discuss the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's steps to revamp the agency, citing mistakes the agency made during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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