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Berneta L. Haynes, JD, is the Senior Director of Policy and Access at Georgia Watch, a leading consumer advocacy organization focused on financial and quality of life issues. An attorney and champion of energy…
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the persistent inequities in health care access, quality, and cost throughout our country. In responding to the pandemic, local health departments must advance health equity by engaging Community Health…
Huma Zarif is currently a staff attorney at Northwest Health Law Advocates (NoHLA), an organization that is a respected voice for Washington consumers. In her role, she works towards achieving a health care system where…
Now that COVID-19 has claimed the lives of over 170,000 people in America, there is no doubt our nation is facing an extraordinary public health and economic crisis. While the effects of the pandemic…
Recent research by Families USA and others projects, based on past coverage patterns, that job losses from the COVID-19 economic crash are causing historic increases in the number of uninsured. A New Census Bureau…
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 potential to help people who…
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a sobering reminder of the lack of strong community connections in much of our health care delivery and public health systems. Social determinants have contributed to major racial and…
Families USA created an infographic to supplement "The Fierce Urgency of Now: Federal and State Policy Recommendations to Address Health Inequities in the Era of COVID-19." The companion report can be found here. Disparities…
In the middle of a pandemic that has already claimed more than 115,000 American lives, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final regulation of the Affordable Care Act that…
The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened existing health inequities, disproportionately affecting communities of color, immigrant communities, people with disabilities, and other marginalized communities. The federal policy recommendations described in this document identify concrete steps that…