Incomplete race and ethnicity data can hide injustices in systems of care. This analysis of barriers and solutions to collecting these data highlights opportunities for health plans to leverage their unique position to advance health equity.
About 850,000 additional adult women of reproductive age will be uninsured in 2023 if enhance credits expire. Uninsured women are at high risk of an unplanned pregnancy—and many could lose coverage in states with restrictions on abortion access.
A lawsuit pending in Texas, which seeks to overturn the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that most private health plans cover more than 100 preventive services without cost sharing, could have far-reaching consequences for 167.5 million Americans.
Gaps in access to paid time off leaves many working adults with the fewest resources at risk of losing wages—or their job—when they confront a health crisis, have a baby, or care for a seriously ill family member.
Conversations with Black and Latinx health care students and professionals underscore the importance of having a supportive institutional culture to underpin diversity programs.
A recent article in Health Affairs explains why Oregon’s request to use 1115 authority under Medicaid to provide continuous coverage to infants and young children who enroll before age 6 is next-level policy for promoting children’s development.
