- September 6, 2018
Public Comments Can Blunt Attacks on the Affordable Care Act & Medicaid
Hayley PenanIn recent months public comments on government attempts to undermine the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid have helped to…
- August 27, 2018
Judge Kavanaugh May Say ‘Roe’ is Settled Law, But He Has Always Been Anti-Choice.
Candace Gibson, Jennifer Lav, and dfitzgeraldPersonal liberty, bodily autonomy, and self-determination are core values of the women’s rights movement, queer liberation, and the disability…
- August 17, 2018
Pending Catholic Hospital Mergers Threaten Health Care Access in California Communities
Hayley PenanAmidst a slew of recent hospital system acquisitions and consolidations, Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) are seeking…
- August 15, 2018
Personal Stories of Those Affected By “Arkansas Works” Amendment
Wayne Turner and Elizabeth EdwardsThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) earlier this year approved Arkansas’ request to amend its existing Medicaid…
- August 14, 2018
Trump’s EPA Proposes Changes That Undermine Science and Imperil Public Health
Brian BrooksThe Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a regulation that could undermine the agency’s mission to protect human and environmental health. Purporting…
- August 9, 2018
Health Impacts of Immigration Detention on Children
Priscilla HuangThis blog was co-authored by Brianna Moller, 2018 summer internBetween April and June of this year, the Trump administration…
- August 2, 2018
The Fight for Health Care Continues
Candace Gibson and dfitzgeraldCody Flack and Sara Ann Makenzie were long denied Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care in their home state of…
- August 1, 2018
Improving Maternal and Child Health Outcomes Through Humane Immigration Policies
Priscilla HuangMore than one in four California residents (27 percent) are immigrants, and more than 4.6 million Californians share a…
- July 25, 2018
What’s Missing from Trump’s Plan for Lower Rx Costs?
Wayne TurnerThe Trump administration's recently issued "Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs" fails to address the root…
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