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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 >>
Narrative Matters Podcast
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.

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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
Order a copy of the December issue!
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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