A Special Mother’s Day Thanks to the ACA
Ruth Petran has celebrated Mother’s Day with her children for the past 33 years, but this Mother’s Day is special. Ruth says it’s the kind of Mother’s Day that wouldn’t have been possible without… Read more.
Tackling Health Disparities While Reforming Payment and Delivery
In part 1 of this blog series, we explained that efforts to reform health care delivery and payment methods could be a double-edged sword for communities of color and described one example of a sustainable… Read more.
05.05.2015 / / Insights Column
Why Reforming Health Care Payment and Delivery is a Health Equity Issue
This is part one of a two-part blog series describing the models three organizations are using to tackle community-level barriers to high-quality care for people of color and save their state Medicaid programs money. Across… Read more.
04.22.2015 / / Insights Column
A Nation Divided: Two Health Care Americas
America is on the cusp of becoming a nation with two health care systems. This sharp division is the result of continued resistance to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and it does greatest harm… Read more.
04.06.2015 / / Insights Column
Trending: Employer Wellness Programs Must Preserve Workers’ Nondiscrimination Rights
UPDATE (July 2015): Families USA submitted comments on the EEOC’s proposed rule concerning the ADA’s application to wellness programs. Among other concerns, Families USA expressed strong opposition to a policy allowing employers to penalize employees for… Read more.