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A Weekly Health Policy Round Up From Health Affairs
July 28, 2019
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HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS
HEALTH SPENDING: MOVING FROM THEORY TO ACTION
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
9:00 am – 3:00 pm Eastern
National Press Club – Washington, DC
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Eighteen months ago, Health Affairs teamed with the National Pharmaceutical Council and Anthem, Inc. to launch a multi-year project to promote an evidence-based conversation about health spending. To continue the discussion, Health Affairs and the National Pharmaceutical Council are hosting a forum that will address:
- The pressures presented by soaring health costs on individuals, employers, and government
- Strategies among payers and others to promote cost effective care
- Efforts currently underway to bring costs under control
Speakers include:
- Mandy Cohen, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
- Patrick Conway, President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
- Robert W. Dubois, Executive Vice President and Chief Science Officer, National Pharmaceutical Council
- Christopher F. Koller, President, Milbank Memorial Fund
- Reed Tuckson, Managing Director, Tuckson Health Connections, LLC
- Alan Weil, Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs
Be part of the conversation on September 11.
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Orphan Drugs For Opioid Use Disorder: An Abuse Of The Orphan Drug Act
By Kao-Ping Chua and Rena M. Conti
The FDA should require that criteria for orphan designation are still met each time a drug is approved under a previously granted designation. Read More >>
Understanding The Senate Finance Committee’s Drug Pricing Package
By Rachel Sachs
In this post, I first summarize key provisions from the package, explaining how it aims to lower prescription drug prices. Next, I situate the Committee’s package within the broader set of drug pricing reforms being considered by the federal government. Finally, I explain the key objections levied by Senators during Thursday’s markup and how those objections might affect the development of the package going forward. Read more >>
FOLLOWING THE ACA
ACA Round-Up: Delaware’s 1332 Application, Cadillac Tax Repeal, and More
By Katie Keith
This post discusses Delaware’s new application for a state-based reinsurance program, the House’s bipartisan repeal of the Cadillac tax, recent guidance on health savings accounts pursuant to President Trump’s recent executive order, and other guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Services (IRS)
and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Read more >>
ETHICS
Remembering Daniel Callahan, A Pioneer Of Bioethics
By Arthur Caplan
Daniel Callahan, who pioneered the field of bioethics, died July 17th, two days before his 89th birthday. Dan’s mentoring tree seems to involve half the people doing bioethics today. No one played a bigger role in my career than Dan. Read More >>
MEDICAID
The Problematic Law And Policy Of Medicaid Block Grants
By Rachel Sachs and Nicole Huberfeld
Capped spending would very likely involve disenrollment and other cost-cutting measures that endanger the lives of the most vulnerable patients. Read More >>
ACCESS TO CARE
Forging A Realistic Path To Universal Coverage
By Jack Meyer
Instead of repealing the ACA or forcing people out of private coverage, we can construct a mixed public/private approach using large building blocks to forge a solid structure. Read More >>
CONSIDERING HEALTH SPENDING
Revisiting The Internal Revenue Service’s Eligible Medical And Dental Expenses
By Laura C. Myers, David W. Bates, and Bonnie B. Blanchfield
We believe that Publication 502 can be clarified and improved by allowing for the deduction of expenses related to disease prevention, incentivizing healthy eating and exercise behaviors, and providing clear, religiously neutral guidance about what qualifies as a medical or dental expense. Read more >>
ELSEWHERE@HEALTH AFFAIRS
From The Archives: Health Spending
By Rachel Dolan
While this post is by no means a comprehensive review of all of the health spending literature, it
attempts to at least skim the surface of everything that’s been covered in the pages of Health Affairs (plus a few other sources). Read more >>
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GRANTWATCH
Lessons In
Philanthropy: Three Decades Of Improving Health In Kansas
By Steve Coen
The leader of the Kansas Health Foundation (since 2008) reflects on his 31 years of working at the statewide foundation and looks to retirement. For example, he says, the foundation saw a need for health data and for leadership skill-building in the state, and so the KHF created the nonprofit Kansas Health Institute, which focuses on health policy, and the Kansas Leadership Center. Read more >>
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IN THE JOURNAL
CONSIDERING HEALTH SPENDING
The Impact of Price Regulation On The Availability of New Drugs In Germany
By Ariel D. Stern, Felicitas Pietrulla, Annika Herr, Aaron S. Kesselheim, and Ameet Sarpatwari
Ariel Stern and coauthors study how Germany’s regulatory regime, adopted in 2011, affects the availability of new drugs. Read More >>
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GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY
Epidemiological And Health Systems Implications Of Evolving HIV And Hypertension In South Africa And Kenya
By Brianna Osetinsky, Jan A. C. Hontelez, Mark N. Lurie, Stephen T. McGarvey, Gerald S. Bloomfield, Sonak D. Pastakia, Richard Wamai, Till Bärnighausen, Sake J. de Vlas, and Omar Galárraga
Brianna Osetinsky and coauthors analyze changing disease demographics in regions of South Africa and Kenya. Read More >>
MEDICAID
By Nam Hyo Kim, Kevin A. Look, and Marguerite E. Burns
Nam Hyo Kim and coauthors analyze administrative drug claims data to evaluate changes in the use of and out-of-pocket spending on antidiabetic drugs among childless adults who experienced the drug coverage expansion. Read more >>
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
By Sumit D. Agarwal, Anna L. Goldman, and Benjamin D. Sommers
Sumit Agarwal and coauthors analyze national survey data and find that workers in traditionally blue-collar industries experienced the largest gains in health insurance after implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014. Read More
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NURSING HOMES
By Jennifer Gaudet Hefele, Xiao "Joyce" Wang, and Emily Lim
Jennifer Hefele and coauthors report findings for the first round of incentives and penalties under the Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program. Read more >>
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Call For Submissions: Narrative Matters Poetry Contest 2019The Narrative Matters section of Health Affairs is seeking poetry submissions
for an upcoming issue of the journal.
We are holding a poetry contest, from July 1 to August 31, looking for well-crafted poems that touch on topics related to health and health policy. Three winning poems will be announced in September. Winning poets will receive a monetary prize—$500 for first place, $300 for second, and $100 for third—as well as publication in Health Affairs, and two copies of the issue containing the winning poem.
All entries will be read and judged by Health Affairs staff.
- Limit 3 poems submitted per person. Each poem—in pdf or word doc format—should be submitted as a separate entry through our submission portal here.
- Poems must be no longer than a single-spaced page, with double spaces between stanzas
- Font size no smaller than 11 point.
- Poems must be written in English.
- Poems must be previously unpublished.
- Poems themselves should contain no personal identifiers.
You can read some earlier poems published by Health Affairs, including the winners of the 2015 Narrative Matters poetry contest, poems
by patients and consumers, poems on vulnerable populations, and poems on the cancer experience.
We look forward to reading your submissions!
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