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

**Wednesday, July 31, 2019**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

PHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Trump Administration, In Shift, Announces Plan To Permit Drug
Importation

By Rachel Sachs

This morning, the Trump administration announced a plan that, if
eventually finalized, would enable the importation of prescription
drugs, primarily from Canada. Like all of the administration's drug
pricing agenda, the importation plan faces a number of potential
roadblocks.Read More >>

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Biologics Are Still Natural Monopolies

By Peter B. Bach, Jennifer A. Ohn, Preston Atteberry, and Mark Trusheim

The ideological preference for competition needs to be put aside for a
more effective, efficient, and economically justified approach of
regulating biologics as natural monopolies. Read More >>

PRIMARY CARE

Slowly Getting Serious: The New CMS Primary Care Models And Implications
For Serious Illness Care

By Mark Japinga, Mathew Alexander, David Casarett, William K. Bleser,
Mark B. McClellan, and Robert S. Saunders

CMS must remain a committed partner to better integrate primary care and
the kind of innovation offered by serious illness and palliative care.
Read More >>

CHILDREN'S HEALTH

Screening For Social Needs: What Do Parents Think?

By Suzanne Brundage

Public Agenda was commissioned by United Hospital Fund to conduct focus
groups on what parents of low-income children in the New York City metro
area think about screening for social determinants of health at their
pediatrician's office. Although parents had some reservations about
discussing sensitive topics, they were still enthusiastic about
discussing factors that shape their kids' health and well-being. Three
foundations fund this UHF initiative.
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IN THE JOURNAL

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE

Nonopioid Overdose Death Rates Rose Almost As Fast As Those Involving
Opioids, 1999-2016

By Christopher J. Ruhm

The number of Americans dying from drug overdoses has risen rapidly, but
the contribution of nonopioid drugs to this growth is not well
understood. Using vital statistics data, Christopher Ruhm calculates
levels of and increases in overall nonopioid fatal overdose rates.
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**A CLOSER LOOK**-New Hampshire Medicaid

US District Court Judge James Boasberg vacated the approval of New
Hampshire's Medicaid work requirements waiver earlier this week,
noting that "we have all seen this movie before." Sara Rosenbaum
summarized theprevious two Medicaid work requirements

court decisions (both also from Judge Boasberg) on the Arkansas and
Kentucky programs for Health Affairs Blog.

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