Friday, September 8, 2023 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Dear John,
ICYMI, we published our first episode of our new health equity podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season is sponsored by CVS Health and you can read more details about the series below.
Quint relates the appropriate, patient-centered gender-affirming care they received in the form of a radical breast reduction.
Quint notes, however, that there are significant barriers to accessing gender-affirming care, including insurance
barriers, mandated letters of support from mental health professionals, and antitransgender legislation.
Quint concludes that policies should be developed to “empower patients to make their own choices” and expand legal and financial access to gender-affirming care. They add that providers play a particularly critical role in protecting access to gender-affirming care.
The podcast focuses on the unjust systems and structures—rooted in racism, sexism, ableism, and other forms of exclusion—that have long impacted health outcomes in historically marginalized populations.
It examines strategies for dismantling these structures through research, evidence, community-building, and other innovative solutions.
The first six-episode season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health and cohosted by Sree Chaguturu, Chief Medical
Officer (CVS Health), and Joneigh Khaldun, Chief Health Equity Officer (CVS Health).
The podcast features interviews with C-Suite level executives including Karen DeSalvo (Google), Rashad Burgess (Gilead Sciences), and others
as they discuss private-sector initiatives and responsibility to advance health equity.
In the first episode, Thomas Sequist from Massachusetts General Brigham discusses the important role of health and hospital systems in driving health equity in the US.
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