Health Equity
Call to Action for Health Equity Leaders
Our nation’s health care system is rapidly transforming, and the health of people of color and other disadvantaged communities hangs in the balance. Moving to a value-based health care system presen...
View MoreThe Trump Administration’s Continued Attacks on Immigrant Children and Families: Dismantling the Flores Settlement Agreement
On September 7, the Trump administration took another step toward eliminating basic protections for immigrant children and their families who enter the U.S. without documentation—including those leg...
View MoreFinancial Support for Safety Net and Small Community Providers to Participate in Delivery System Reform: Medicaid-Based Options for States.
As efforts continue to remedy the failures of our health care system by changing how providers are paid and care delivery is organized, it is imperative that achieving health equity be included in the...
View MoreA Case for Solidarity: Common Challenges Involving Health and Health Care in the United States
New research reveals that, among both whites and people of color, in rural and urban areas alike, working-class women are particularly likely to experience serious problems with poor health and unaffo...
View MoreAmerican Indian & Alaska Native Health Inequities Compared to Non-Hispanic Whites
Racial and ethnic health inequities undermine our communities and our health care system. Our infographic shows some of the more prevalent health inequities that afflict American Indians and Alaska Na...
View MoreAsian American & Pacific Islander Health Disparities Compared to Non-Hispanic Whites
Racial and ethnic health inequities undermine our communities and our health care system. Our infographic shows some of the more prevalent health inequities that afflict Asian Americans & Pacific ...
View MoreRacial and Ethnic Health Inequities Among Communities of Color Compared to Non-Hispanic Whites
These infographics illustrate the racial and ethnic health disparities undermining our health system. African Americans, Latinos, American Indian & Alaska Natives, and Asian Americans & Pa...
View MoreAdvancing Health Equity through System Transformation: Strengthening the Evidence Base to Achieve Health Equity
Last December, Families USA launched the Center on Health Equity Action for System Transformation, a first-of-its-kind entity dedicated to developing and advancing patient-centered he...
View More2019 State Paths to Better Health Care
This webinar discusses the latest strategies that state leaders and advocates are pursuing to improve the health care system for consumers. Families USA's invited guests and expert staff share leading...
View MoreAccelerating Health Equity by Measuring and Paying for Results
The use of and reliance on quality measurement continues to grow with the increased focus on transforming the health care system into one that rewards value over volume. However, despite this increase...
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