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September 2024, Vol 5, No. 9

JAMA Forum

Medical Debt—The Canary in the Coal Mine for Health Care Affordability

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e243368. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3368

This JAMA Forum discusses the issues surrounding medical debt in the US and reflects on policy efforts made in recent years to solve some of the root causes.

It Is Back to School Time—The Status of Healthy School Meals for All Students

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e243713. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3713

This JAMA Forum discusses key government efforts to advance the availability of healthy school meals, the evidence of the effects of these efforts, and the role for health professionals.

Health and the 2024 US Election

The Supreme Court Disempowers Public Health Agencies and Devalues Science

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e243790. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3790

This JAMA Forum discusses recent rulings made by the US Supreme Court that limit the decision-making power of government agencies to safeguard public health, ensure safety, and protect the environment.

Health and the 2024 US Election

Health Policy in an Era of Universal Coverage

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e243904. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3904

This JAMA Forum discusses modifications to US health policy, including variation in coverage generosity, improving ease of use, and reimagining community health centers and public hospitals, which could be made to build on the near-universal multitiered health care system now in place.

Viewpoint

Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits for Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries and Recommendations for Reform

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e242761. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2761

This Viewpoint discusses Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans supplemental benefits, identifies challenges of benefit coordination and accessibility, and highlights policy reforms to remedy these problems.

Lessons From the Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e242764. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2764

This Viewpoint discusses responses to the Change Healthcare cyberattack, concerns about consolidations and acquisitions of health care companies and organizations, and the need to clarify cybersecurity priorities.

Private Equity Acquisition of Physician Practices—Looking for Ethical Guidance From Professional Societies

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e242767. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2767

This Viewpoint recommends that professional medical societies provide ethical guidance on private equity acquisitions of physician practices.

Redefining Cancer Screening Coverage—Screening to Diagnosis

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e242814. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2814

This Viewpoint discusses financial barriers for additional diagnostic steps after patients receive abnormal cancer screening test results.

Original Investigation

Rental Housing Deposits and Health Care Use

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e242802. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2802

This cohort study evaluates the association of rental housing deposits and health care use among Medicaid beneficiaries receiving social needs case management as part of a Medicaid 1115 waiver pilot program in California.

Disparities in Medication Use for Criminal Justice System–Referred Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e242807. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2807

This cross-sectional study analyzes the disparity in the use of medications for opioid use disorder between individuals referred to treatment by the criminal justice system compared to other referral sources over time.

A Machine Learning Method for Allocating Scarce COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibodies

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e242884. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2884

This retrospective cohort study evaluates a machine learning–based policy learning tree method for allocating scarce resources to maximize the treatment benefits of COVID-19 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies during times of resource constraints.

Health Care–Related Savings Accounts, Health Care Expenditures, and Tax Expenditures

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e242896. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2896

This cross-sectional study compares out-of-pocket and insurance-paid health care expenditures and related tax expenditures among families covered by flexible savings accounts, health savings accounts, or neither.

Menopausal Hormone Therapy Use Among Postmenopausal Women

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e243128. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3128

This cross-sectional study evaluates trends in and correlates of menopausal hormone therapy use among postmenopausal women in the US from 1999 to March 2020.

Inequities in Self-Reported Social Risk Factors by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e243176. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3176

This cross-sectional study evaluates whether there are differences in the prevalence of social risk factors by sexual orientation and gender identity among US adults.

Health and the 2024 US Election

Voter Support for Policies Associated With Child Health as National Campaign Priorities

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e243305. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3305

This survey study examines US voter support for candidates regarding policies that are associated with child health.

Research Letter

Evaluating Policy Changes for Adjusting Payment to Address Health Disparities

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e242905. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2905

This study analyzes area-level Health Equity Benchmark Adjustment formula changes to demonstrate how policy choices result in resource reallocation.

Shifting From Opioids to Simple Analgesics for Emergency Care of Patients With Low Back Pain: A Secondary Analysis of the SHAPED Cluster Randomized Trial

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e243008. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3008

This secondary analysis of a cluster randomized clinical trial examined a guideline-based care model for patients with low back pain, specifically whether physicians switched from opioids to low-risk or high-risk nonopioid pain medicines.

Understanding Variation in Negotiated Rates Using Novel Health Plan Price Transparency Data

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e243020. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3020

This study uses health plan price transparency data to examine how negotiated rates for the same service vary within and across US payers and hospitals.

Invited Commentary

Ethical and Operational Strategies for Scarce Resource Allocation

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e242940. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2940

Recent Trends in Menopausal Hormone Therapy Use in the US: Insights, Disparities, and Implications for Practice

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e243135. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3135
Correction

Error in Supplement

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e243404. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3404

Missing Acknowledgement

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e243480. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3480
JAMA Health Forum Masthead

JAMA Health Forum

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(9):e240534. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0534
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