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April 22, 2021
Medicaid Agencies Must Cover Medication Abortions as Permitted by the FDA
Madeline Morcelle and Fabiola De Liban Abortion, Best of 2021 Blogs, Coronavirus
On April 12, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine that the FDA will not enforce the in-person dispensing requirements for mifepristone, one of two drugs used to provide medication abortions, for the…
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March 15, 2021
Gender-Affirming Care for Youth is Good Health Care
Skyler Rosellini, Abigail Coursolle, and Cathren Cohen Best of 2021 Blogs, Health Equity
Imagine that you are a parent to a child who needs medical treatment for a serious medical condition that impacts their daily life. Your child’s medical providers all agree that this treatment is the best way to ameliorate the symptoms of your child’s condition, and the risks are low.…
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March 12, 2021
The American Rescue Plan Act: What’s it do for Health?
Mara Youdelman Best of 2021 Blogs, Coronavirus, Health Equity
President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act on March 11. This $1.9 trillion plan, responding to the COVID pandemic, includes a number of provisions related to Medicaid, CHIP, marketplaces and other health programs.Medicaid/CHIP Medicaid Expansion. The ARP includes a two-year incentive for states that have not yet expanded…
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February 26, 2021
Updates on Work Requirement Litigation – from the desk of the Executive Director
Elizabeth G. Taylor Best of 2021 Blogs, Homepage
It’s too early to celebrate victory in our work requirement litigation, but there are significant positive developments. I thought you might appreciate an update and an explanation of recent events and what they mean for individuals across the country.As you know, we have been challenging the Trump administration’s approval…
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February 24, 2021
Building Trust in the COVID Vaccine in Black Communities
Miriam Delaney Heard Best of 2021 Blogs, Coronavirus, Health Equity, Homepage
“The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.” Maya AngelouIf ever there were a need for change to our health care delivery system, it is now. To date, there have been more than 28 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. resulting in…
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February 24, 2021
New Directions in Regulatory Policy Give Health Policy Advocates a Glimmer of Hope
Dania Douglas Best of 2021 Blogs, Health Equity
On his first day in office, President Biden issued a series of Executive Orders and Memoranda that signaled a clear departure from the administrative and regulatory policies of the Trump Administration. This was welcome news to health policy advocates who hope that the Biden Administration can help reverse some…
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Medicaid Agencies Must Cover Medication Abortions as Permitted by the FDA

Gender-Affirming Care for Youth is Good Health Care

The American Rescue Plan Act: What’s it do for Health?

Updates on Work Requirement Litigation – from the desk of the Executive Director

Building Trust in the COVID Vaccine in Black Communities

New Directions in Regulatory Policy Give Health Policy Advocates a Glimmer of Hope