- April 6, 2020
Keep Essential Care: How Advocates Can protect Access to Essential Care Services
Andy DiAntonioThe COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems worldwide and dramatically impacting the day-to-day lives of billions of people in…
- April 3, 2020
On the Other Side, What Promises Will We Keep?
Elizabeth G. TaylorIn Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, as Santiago‘s tiny boat is being dragged out to sea, he…
- April 2, 2020
Congress’ Stimulus Package and Its Impact on MAGI
Wayne TurnerOn March 27, the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) became law. Among other…
- March 31, 2020
During the COVID-19 Pandemic, States Need to Rethink their Delivery of Behavioral Health Services
Abigail Coursolle and Jennifer LavBy the end of February, the world was on notice of the dangerous intersection of Covid-19 and psychiatric facilities.…
- March 27, 2020
Coronavirus Highlights the Fool’s Gold of High-Deductible Health Plans
Liz McCaman Taylor and David MachledtNo one likes deductibles. For most people, the word “deductible” probably ranks down there with “root canal” and “traffic…
- March 25, 2020
Immigrant Health Care in the Time of Coronavirus
Priscilla HuangAs a nation, we are facing an unprecedented public health crisis in the U.S. As the number of confirmed…
- March 24, 2020
An Uphill Battle: California’s Efforts to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic
Alicia EmanuelThese are unprecedented times. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic.…
- March 18, 2020
Ensuring People Have Access to Prescription Drugs During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Wayne Turner and Abigail CoursolleAs most jurisdictions across the U.S. are now subject to some kind of “stay at home” order due to…
- March 12, 2020
The Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Another Potential Casualty of Efforts to Repeal the ACA
Sarah SomersThis blog was originally written for The Network for Public Health LawAs most health policy observers know, the Affordable…
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