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Insights Column
04.20.2018
Racial discrimination in the United States is pervasive and affects health outcomes and access to health care on multiple levels—from the interpersonal, to the institutional, to deeper structural divides. Such ingrained racism creates significant…
Insights Column
07.24.2018
This originally appeared in Health Affairs There has been an important and ongoing effort over the past decade to address the manifest failures of our health care system by changing payment and provider organization…
Insights Column
10.03.2018
Hispanic Heritage Month provides us an opportunity to recognize and lift up the achievements and contributions of the 57.5 million Latinos living in the United States. At the same time, it’s important that we all understand…
Insights Column
11.30.2018
November is Native American Heritage month. It’s a time to celebrate the rich history, culture, and traditions of American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs), and elevate the many contributions they have made to our…
Insights Column
02.25.2019
African Americans are disproportionately more likely to suffer from mental health issues than white Americans. According the US Department of Health and Human Services, in 2015 African Americans were 20 percent more likely to report…
Insights Column
03.12.2019
Throughout American history, the tenacity that women advocates have shown in combating systematic inequities has proved to be an invaluable source of inspiration for each successive generation of health care activists. The significance of…
Insights Column
03.15.2019
It took Zoey Salsbury six years to get an incorrect diagnosis for her constant pelvic and joint pain. The first time she mentioned her pain to her doctor, during her freshman year of high…
Insights Column
05.31.2019
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage month is an opportunity to focus on the many contributions these communities have made to build our nation over the generations, and their continued role in…
Insights Column
06.03.2019
Stan Dorn, Silver Linings for Silver Loading, Health Affairs Blog, 6/3/2019,https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190530.156427/full/. One of the strangest chapters in the Affordable Care Act’s history began a few hours after midnight on October 13, 2017. At 2:36…
Insights Column
05.13.2019
Stan Dorn, Maryland’s Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program: An Innovative Approach to Covering the Eligible Uninsured, Health Affairs Blog, 5/13/2019,https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190510.993788/full/ Copyright ©2015 Health Affairs by Project HOPE – The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. The…