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March Update


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P4A call for proposals on preemption expected this spring
Policies for Action presently anticipates releasing a new research funding opportunity in late spring 2023. This forthcoming call for proposals will seek to fund research investigating the relationship between preemption and racial equity. Applications from community-led or community-partnered research teams are encouraged.

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Who benefits from blanket student loan forgiveness?
As the US Supreme Court weighs challenges to the Biden administration’s student loan debt plan, the more than 26 million borrowers who applied remain in limbo. The plan, which would forgive $10,000 in federal student loan debt for most individual borrowers or up to $20,000 for Pell grant recipients, could help millions reduce their student debt. Researchers at Howard University and San Francisco State University examined the projected effects of the student debt relief plans and found that for Black, Hispanic, and white borrowers, forgiving $10,000 in debt would primarily benefit middle-income households.

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Does private insurance provide more care?
Medicaid provides virtually no-cost coverage to millions of Americans with low incomes who have been priced out of the private insurance market. Policies for Action researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, examined whether Medicaid beneficiaries have similar health care access as their counterparts with private insurance. They found that Medicaid beneficiaries were slightly more likely to report having a consistent source of care and equally as likely to report a checkup in the past year as people who were privately insured.

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Medicaid expansion led to reductions in postpartum hospitalizations
The Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions increased preconception and postpartum insurance coverage among mothers with low incomes, leading to greater use of outpatient care. Researchers from Brown University and New York University evaluated whether the expansions affected rates of postpartum hospitalization and found a 17 percent reduction in hospitalizations during the first 60 days postpartum and some evidence of a smaller decrease in hospitalizations between 61 days and six months postpartum.
Community corner
Healthy Eating Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is funding research on supportive family policies and programs that have strong potential to increase equitable access to nutritious food in communities, nutrition security, and diet quality and improve nutrition and health outcomes.
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Apply by April 5, 2023.

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