People's Experience

Webinar: Advancing Health Equity through Better Asthma Care

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...

State Surprise Billing Laws in the 2020 Session

Surprise medical bills have been harming families for decades. They result when patients unknowingly receive out-of-network care due to no fault of their own. Surprise medical bills can amount to hund...

Frederick Isasi and Dr. Amber Hewitt reflect on Rep. John Lewis’ legacy

Frederick Isasi and Dr. Amber Hewitt reflect on Rep. John Lewis' legacy [embed]https://youtu.be/ZExY0DnEneQ[/embed] Rep. John Robert Lewis was a stalwart champion for civil rights, a congression...

A Tribute to Rep. John Lewis

A Tribute to Rep. John Lewis [embed]https://youtu.be/thC8-Oka43A[/embed] "Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a mon...

Advancing Health Equity through Telehealth Interventions during COVID-19 and Beyond: Policy Recommendations and Promising State Models

Due to COVID-19, states are making major policy and regulatory changes to expand health systems’ telehealth capabilities to meet the needs of patients and providers. This shift has tremendous potent...

Highlights from the States: Innovative Programs to Support Children during COVID-19

Based on current research, children are less likely than adults to contract COVID-19 or to have significant health consequences because of a COVID-19 infection. However, children have been impacted by...

Aviva Williamson on her COVID-19 Experience

Aviva Williamson Shares Her Experience With COVID-19 [embed]https://youtu.be/sTs17rxJCyU[/embed]

California’s Proposed Oral Health Cuts Would Cost the State Billions, Further Harm Those Hardest Hit by COVID-19

California Oral Health Progress and Equity Network (CA OPEN) and Families USA are partnering to explain why cutting California's Medicaid adult dental services is a fiscal misstep and an assault on th...

Early State Trends Signal Massive Surge in Medicaid Enrollment Related to COVID-19

As the COVID-19 crisis worsens, the role of Medicaid as the nation’s health coverage safety net is becoming clearer. With tens of millions of people losing employer-based health insurance, covering ...

COVID-19: What Children Need From Congress to Protect Their Health and Well-Being

As our nation confronts a public health threat greater than any we’ve seen in a century, every person, every patient, every family is struggling to understand and manage the devastating and far-rang...