Health Equity
Accelerating Health Equity by Measuring and Paying for Results Webinar
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...
View MoreAdvancing Health Equity through Better Evidence for Asthma Care: Translating Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Learnings into Equity-Focused Policy Recommendations
Patients deserve evidence-based, high-value health care rooted in the most rigorous scientific methods. However, research practices that generate our current evidence base have historically excluded a...
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There’s no pain-free way to get beyond silver loading
This blog’s readers know that President Trump’s termination of federal cost-sharing-reduction (CSR) payments in late 2017 had unexpected effects. Intended as a deadly blow to the Affordable Care A...
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Utah Wastes $6.6 Million Every Month by Refusing to Fully Expand
Utah Wastes $6.6 Million Every Month by Refusing to Fully Expand Medicaid In 2018, Utah voters passed Proposition 3, a ballot initiative to fully expand Medicaid. However, the Utah legislature over...
View MoreMedicaid Is the Nation’s Safety Net: Five GIFs
Medicaid is the nation's safety net. Tens of millions of working families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities rely on Medicaid. It helps fund doctors and hospitals that deliver health car...
View MoreBlack/White Breast Cancer Disparities: The Latest Chapter
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. --Goethe Breast Cancer is a devastating disease. Unfortunately, this is a fact that I know all too well. Last weeken...
View MoreThe Burden of “Non-Communicable Diseases” in Communities of Color
"Non-communicable diseases" (NCDs) is a key buzz phrase in public health today. Even the United Nations has the term on its mind, as it recently held a historic high-level meeting to develop a plan ...
View MoreThe State of Latino Health Twitter Chat
Cross-posted via the Department of Health and Human Services By, Julia Eisman HHS New Media Communications Director Not all Americans have equal access to health care - or similar health care out...
View MoreCelebrate Black History Month and Fight for Health Equity
"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As African American History Month comes to a close, we reflect on Dr. Kin...
View MorePromoting the Health Care Law Today because Health Equity Can’t Wait
Families USA is proudly taking part in the Health Equity Can't Wait! blog carnival celebrating National Minority Health Month. Participating bloggers are health, consumer, civil rights, and provider a...
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