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Sunday, October 9, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From
Health Affairs
Dear John,
As part of our Disability & Health theme issue, we met with Judy Heumann
to discuss her storied career as an advocate for the rights of disabled
people, and to examine the work that lies ahead to achieve equity for
people living with disabilities
.
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The October 2022 issue of Health Affairs
focuses on the relationship between disability and health.
Articles in this month's issue examine civil rights laws
related to disability, disparities in care for
people with disabilities, care delivery, and more.
On the topic of care delivery, Susan Chapman and coauthors assess
self-care needs and worker shortages in rural areas
.
Elsewhere in the journal, Willi Horner-Johnson and coauthors analyze
data from the National Survey of Family Growth and find that pregnant
women with self-reported disabilities are slower to begin prenatal care
.
Read more from this month's issue, and join us for a full month of
events including:
* A Professional Development event
on October
17 discussing disability, health, and accessibility in health services
research.
* A Journal Club
on October
20 with coauthor Susan A. Bayer focused on self-care needs and worker
shortages in rural areas.
* A Policy Spotlight
event
on October 25 with Dave A. Chokshi, the former Commissioner of the New
York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and currently a
visiting fellow at the New York Health Foundation.
Disability & Health
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Earlier this week, we released a new brief addressing the role of
administrative waste in excess US health spending. Researchers have
estimated that at least half of all administrative spending in the
United States is wasteful.
Key findings from the brief include:
* Administrative spending accounts for 15-30 percent of health care
spending.
* The US spends more on health care administration than comparable
counties.
Read More
Art Enables: Eileen Schofield
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"Boomerang" by Eileen Schofield.
This week, we're highlighting another resident artist from Art Enables
, a nonprofit organization that provides
opportunities and experiences to artists with disabilities. We purchased
original artwork by five talented artists, and we are honored to share
their stories.
Meet Eileen Schofield ,
who has been at Art Enables since 2010.
Schofield loves to create bright and bold paintings and drawings with
acrylic, marker, ink, and colored pencil.
Schofield's purpose is to make people feel happy, which is evident in
her art.
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Her work features buildings, trees, animals, and people. work features
buildings, trees, animals, and people.
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Health Affairs Branded Post:
Capturing The Medicare Consumer Of The Next Decade
Deepak Tilani et al.
Sponsored by PwC
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A Health Podyssey: Tara Lagu On Physicians' Attitudes Toward People
With Disabilities
* Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Northwestern
University's Tara Lagu to discuss physicians' attitudes about caring for
patients with disabilities.
Health Affairs This Week: Behind the Pages
* Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Ellen Bayer discuss the
devleopment of the new Disability and Health theme issue.
Listen Here
Starting this month, to help increase accessibility of our content, we
are offering transcripts of our podcasts
.
Scripts can be found on individual episode pages.
In addition, we are now posting our podcast to our YouTube channel
.
Featured This Week
ACA Round-Up: Latest Uninsured Data, Preventive Services Litigation
Updates, And More
Katie
Keith
Expanding States' Medicaid Capacity To Meet The Needs Of Medicare
Beneficiaries, Including The Dually Eligible
Brianna Ensslin Janoski et al.
Seizing A Critical Opportunity To Reduce Gun Violence: The Bipartisan
Safer Communities Act
Joshua Horwitz and Spencer Cantrell
A Simple Way To Safely Accelerate Patient Access To New Therapies
Susan Cantrell
Newborn Screening Blood Spot Retention And Reuse: A Clash Of Public
Health And Privacy Interests
Richard Hughes IV et al.
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