Health Advocate Blog

Analysis and Commentary

August 8, 2022
Doula Care Improves Health Outcomes, Reduces Racial Disparities and Cuts Cost
Alexis Robles-Fradet
*Co-authored by legal intern Mara GreenwaldFor over three decades, the maternal mortality rate in the United States has steadily…
July 27, 2022
Medicaid at 57: Opportunities for the Future of Health Care
Elizabeth G. Taylor
*Co-written with Anna Muthalaly | Communications Intern and Public Policy major at Duke UniversityThis week marks the 57th anniversary…
July 26, 2022
The Americans with Disabilities Act at 32: Emerging from the Public Health Emergency
Geron Gadd
The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) thirty-two years ago marked a turning point in the struggle…
July 25, 2022
Doubling Down on Liberation
Elizabeth G. Taylor
July 4th came and went. I enjoyed the day off, but I could not help but wonder whose liberty…
July 8, 2022
California Health Programs Must Take Steps to Implement Non-Binary Gender Markers
Abigail Coursolle
*Co-written with Madison Castle (Rising 3L at George Washington Law School)Non-binary individuals often fall through the cracks of our…
June 13, 2022
Health Care Refusals & How They Undermine Standards of Care Part II: The Impact of Health Care Refusals, Discrimination, and Mistreatment on LGBTQ Patients and Families
Amy Chen
*Co-authored with Hayley Penan*This is Part II of the National Health Law Program’s two part blog series on the…
June 13, 2022
Health Care Refusals & How They Undermine Standards of Care Part I: An Overview
Amy Chen
Co-authored with Hayley Penan*In July 2013, Susan Berke Fogel, then Director of the National Health Law Program’s Reproductive and…
May 27, 2022
California’s Historic Medi-Cal Exclusion Removal for Older Adults Regardless of Immigration Status
Alicia Emanuel and Iván Barragan*
*Co-authored with Iván Barragan, CA Immigrant Policy CenterAs of May 1, 2022, California removed the exclusion to full-scope Medi-Cal…
May 20, 2022
Medi-Cal Coverage for Doula Care Requires Sustainable and Equitable Reimbursement to be Successful
Amy Chen and Allison Berquist*
In 2021, California included in the state budget funding to add full spectrum doula care as a new covered…