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December 8, 2021
Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care: 2021 State Roundup
Alexis Robles-Fradet Best of 2021 Blogs, california, Health Equity
Doulas and other birth workers have continued to rise in popularity as a potential intervention for addressing the maternal health and mortality crisis in the United States. While doulas cannot solve the underlying structural inequities and systemic racism in our health systems, their presence during pregnancy, birth, and the…
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October 18, 2021
The Colorado Way: Using the Essential Health Benefits benchmarking process to advance health equity
Wayne Turner and Héctor Hernández-Delgado Best of 2021 Blogs, Uncategorized
Colorado’s recent expansion of health coverage to require gender-affirming care provides a prime example of how states can use the benchmarking process for Essential Health Benefits (EHB) to address unmet health needs. Under the Colorado improvements recently approved by the Biden-Harris administration, most health plans regulated by the State…
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September 10, 2021
Improving Childhood Health: The Unrealized Potential of Medicaid’s EPSDT Program
Zamir M. Brown Best of 2021 Blogs, Health Equity, Medicaid Awareness Month
In the United States, millions of children live in poverty and are at a much greater risk of experiencing adverse health outcomes compared to their contemporaries in higher income households.
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September 8, 2021
Seven Ways Proposed Improvements to Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Can Help Older Adults & People with Disabilities
Jennifer Lav Best of 2021 Blogs, Build Back Better, Health Equity, Medicaid Awareness Month
One critically important piece of Congress’s reconciliation package is the proposed investment in chronically underfunded Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities and older adults.
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July 14, 2021
Race-Based Prediction in Pregnancy Algorithm Is Damaging to Maternal Health
Liz McCaman Taylor Automated Decision-Making, Best of 2021 Blogs, Health Equity, Uncategorized
In today’s fast-paced health care system, algorithms are ubiquitous, and the provision of maternity care is no different.
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May 26, 2021
NHeLP Files “Friend of Court” Brief to Protect Access to Promised Behavioral Health Care
Elizabeth Edwards and Abigail Coursolle Amicus Blogs, Best of 2021 Blogs, california
Millions of people in the U.S. need mental health and substance use disorder services, collectively known as behavioral health, but do not get them. Despite the high numbers of people who need behavioral health care, people often have trouble accessing the care they need. Last week, NHeLP along with…
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Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care: 2021 State Roundup

The Colorado Way: Using the Essential Health Benefits benchmarking process to advance health equity

Improving Childhood Health: The Unrealized Potential of Medicaid’s EPSDT Program

Seven Ways Proposed Improvements to Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Can Help Older Adults & People with Disabilities

Race-Based Prediction in Pregnancy Algorithm Is Damaging to Maternal Health

NHeLP Files “Friend of Court” Brief to Protect Access to Promised Behavioral Health Care