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ACCESS TO CARE

Resolving Wait Times With Cross-Specialty Collaboration
By Benjamin F. Chong

Dermatology intersects with many other specialties because the skin is the body’s largest organ and can serve as a window into internal conditions. Read More >>

MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH

The Next Steps To Advance Maternal And Child Health In Medicaid: Filling Gaps In Postpartum Coverage And Newborn Enrollment
By Kay Johnson, Sara Rosenbaum, and Morgan Handley

Medicaid policy changes at the federal level and action by states to support maternal and infant health could make a tremendous difference in the lives of half of all infants and their mothers throughout the nation. Read More >>

COSTS & SPENDING

Disappointing Randomized Controlled Trial Results Show A Way Forward On Complex Care In Camden And Beyond
By Kathleen Noonan

Like medicine itself, the work of caring for our nation’s most vulnerable people is neither simple to do nor easy to measure. Read More >>

QUALITY OF CARE

What Is The Status Of Research On Low-Value Care?
By Elizabeth L. Cope and Paul Armstrong

Using the HSRProj database (which includes projects funded by federal and private grants and contracts), researchers at AcademyHealth looked at recent trends in health services research on low-value care (LVC). The authors explain that LVC can include "overuse, underuse, inappropriate use, and unnecessary care." They found that LVC research increased between 2014 and 2017. They also learned which study topics were popular during their search period (January 1, 2014–March 31, 2019). Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

HEALTH REFORM

Medicare For All: An Analysis Of Key Policy Issues
By Micah Johnson, Sanjay Kishore, and Donald M. Berwick

Micah Johnson and coauthors identify key policy design issues for a Medicare for All system: comprehensiveness of coverage, the private sector’s role, the payment approach, and financing. Read More >>

Challenges To Medicare For All Remain Daunting
By Austin B. Frakt and Jonathan Oberlander

Medicare for All will not become viable unless it can meet the daunting political, economic, and administrative realities that govern US health care. Austin Frakt and Jonathan Oberlander explore several key issues. Read More >>

A CLOSER LOOK—Nutrition

The Food and Drug Administration's new nutrition labeling rules kick in this year, including new guidelines requiring two columns on some labels (providing calorie and nutrition information for one serving and for the whole package).These labeling changes are intended to help consumers make more informed choices about their diet and motivate food manufacturers to improve the nutritional quality of their products. A Health Affairs Blog post discusses additional multisector approaches critical to reversing alarming obesity trends.

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