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COVID-19 exposed the problems with our health system, and it has shown what needs to change. As our nation recovers from the pandemic, we must build a "new normal" that prioritizes the communities hit…
Karen Kali is the Senior Program Manager of Special Initiatives at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC). In her role, she focuses on aging in the community, Age-Friendly Banking, healthy communities, and emerging areas…
The American Rescue Plan (ARP), which President Biden recently signed into law, takes the most significant steps in more than a decade to lower families’ health care costs and provide insurance to people who…
Under the newly enacted American Rescue Plan, states can receive increased Medicaid funding from the federal government from April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022, to “enhance, expand, or strengthen” home- and community-based services…
With the American Rescue Plan now signed into law, and the 117th Congress and new Administration starting to think through next steps, we want to continue the drumbeat for action on health and health care…
As the 117th Congress and Biden administration work on their next big policy package, we are all building the drumbeat for action on health and health care. Based on extensive messaging research and recent…
This appendix estimates the impact of health coverage gaps on COVID-19 cases and deaths, at the county level. It begins by listing the individual counties that have experienced the greatest total impact. It then…
In this appendix, we estimate the relationship between health insurance gaps and COVID-19 infections and deaths through February 1, 2021, assuming that associations between county population characteristics and COVID-19 mortality and case rates through…
On March 17, Families USA and Hart Research Associates hosted a media briefing for the release of new polling data showing how COVID-19 has put health and health care reform at the top…
No one in this country should have to worry that they can’t afford the health care they need or have to choose between filling a prescription and paying rent or a mortgage. Families across…