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

**Friday, January 3, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

FOOD

Addressing Food Insecurity In Clinical Care: Lessons From The Mid-Ohio
Farmacy Experience

By Aaron Clark, Daniel M. Walker, and Amy Headings

The lessons learned from the experience of the Mid-Ohio Farmacy serve as
a useful example of how to form linkages between health care providers
and community-based organizations. Read More >>

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HEALTH AFFAIRS PODCAST

NARRATIVE MATTERS

When People You Love Are The Unintended Consequences Of Opioid Policy

Mary Beth Foglia

After the release of federal guidelines to curb opioid misuse,
a patient is unable to obtain effective pain treatment and dies from
complications.

Listen here
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IN THE JOURNAL

EYE ON HEALTH REFORM

Health Reform On The Campaign Trail

By Katie Keith

In this primer, Katie Keith summarizes the range of Democratic
candidates' proposals, from improving the ACA to Medicare for All,
noting the different plans' costs, impacts, and trade-offs. She
observes that some candidates have shifted their positions, which may
"be in reaction to the public debate, which has thus far focused on
simple answers to complex questions such as whether each candidate
supports banning private health insurance or not, how each will pay for
their plan, and whether coverage options should be extended to
undocumented people." Read More >>

TOP ARTICLES IN DECEMBER

Stay current with the issues of interest to your colleagues. Below are
the most-read articles from the December 2019 issue of the journal.

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

Rural Health

By Alan R. Weil

When People You Love Are The Unintended Consequences Of Opioid Policy

By Mary Beth Foglia

Rural-Urban Differences In Individual-Market Health Plan Affordability
After Subsidy Payment Cuts

By David Anderson, Jean M. Abraham, and Coleman Drake

In Rural Areas, Buprenorphine Waiver Adoption Since 2017 Driven By Nurse
Practitioners And Physician Assistants

By Michael L. Barnett, Dennis Lee, and Richard G. Frank

Read the December 2019 Table of Contents

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A CLOSER LOOK-Deductibles

At the beginning of the calendar year, millions of Americans saw their
health plan's deductible reset. In a March 2019 Health Affairs study,
J. Frank Wharam and colleagues found that women with high-deductible
health plans experienced delayed breast cancer care
relative
to those with lower deductibles.

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