Health Equity

Final “Public Charge” Rule Discriminates against Lawfully Present Immigrants and Visa Applicants, Harming Health

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a final rule, scheduled to go into effect February 24, 2020, that takes direct aim at middle- and lower-income immigrants who are lawfully resid...

Comments on Trump Administration Proposed Section 1557 Rules: Nondiscrimination in Health and Health Education Programs or Activities

The Trump administration’s proposed rules on Section 1557 will harm families with limited-English proficiency, adults and children with disabilities, and people subject to many forms of discriminati...

Trump Administration Threatens Immigrant Families Fact Sheet

The Trump administration final rule on public charge drastically changes the requirements for certain immigrants to enter the United States and/or become permanent residents. Most immigrants who are e...

Texas v. United States Issue Briefs

In Texas v. United States, 18 states are asking unelected federal judges to repeal the ACA, the most significant domestic policy legislation enacted by Congress in generations. If this suit succeeds, ...

Allowing Discrimination!?: Trump Administration Proposes to Undo ACA’s Nondiscrimination Protections

This webinar covers the new proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that would weaken the Affordable Care Act’s prohibitions against discrimination in health care a...

10 Tactics for Improving Health Insurance Provider Networks for Communities of Color

Communities of color, even once they have insurance, face barriers that can hinder access to high-quality, affordable health care providers. Of those barriers, one of the most notable is the often lim...

How Medicaid Expansion Benefits Women with HIV/AIDS

42% of HIV-positive women do not get needed treatment and drugs March is National Women’s History Month. As part of this month of honoring women’s strength, resilience, and leadership, March 10 w...

Voices of Health Advocates: Priorities for 2016

Across the country, state advocates are pursuing multiple strategies to improve health care in America. Three years into the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, many advocates a...

Talking Points: CBO’s Score of The American Health Care Act

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has confirmed what we already know: The American Health Care Act (AHCA) would wreak havoc on the health care system. The bill would increase costs ...

Utah Legislators are Hiding the Ball in Effort to Repeal Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion Ballot

The Utah Senate approved a bill this week that would repeal and replace the voter-approved Medicaid expansion ballot initiative, Proposition 3, which passed with 54 percent of the vote in Utah’s e...