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February 3, 2022
California Will Expand Coverage of Medicaid Community-Based Mobile Crisis Intervention Services
T. Nancy Lam california, Health Equity
On January 10, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom released his 2022-2023 Budget Proposal that includes a total spending of $286.4 billion in State Funds ($213.1 billion from the General Fund) and another year of historic $217.5 billion investment in health care. The budget proposal builds on existing Medi-Cal expansions…
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February 3, 2022
Medicaid Mobile Crisis Services: A Compassionate Approach to Substance Use Disorders
Héctor Hernández-Delgado california, Health Equity, Medicaid Awareness Month, Services
As the U.S. continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is easy to forget that we are in the midst of another epidemic that has taken the lives of over 800,000 individuals since 1999. The drug overdose epidemic was responsible for 70,630 deaths in 2019 and preliminary data…
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December 20, 2021
California‘s Delivery of Prescription Drugs to Medi-Cal Recipients Undergoes Major Change on January 1st
Abigail Coursolle california, Delivery System Reform, Health Equity, Services
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s first act after being sworn in as Governor in 2019 was to take aim at reducing the cost of prescription drugs for the state and improving Californian’s access to prescription medication. One component of the Governor’s plan was the change payment for and delivery of…
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December 8, 2021
Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care: State Implementation Efforts
Alexis Robles-Fradet california, Health Equity, Medicaid Awareness Month
Doulas and other birth workers have continued to rise in popularity as a potential intervention for addressing maternal health and mortality issues in the United States. While doulas cannot solve the underlying structural inequities and systemic racism in our health care systems, their presence during pregnancy, birth, and the…
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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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November 2, 2021
HIV discrimination case before the Supreme Court could have far-reaching implications
Wayne Turner and Elizabeth Edwards Amicus Blogs, california
People living with HIV and AIDS have long experienced the pain of discrimination. Some of us remember those dark days when hospital workers would leave trays of food outside the rooms where AIDS patients were dying. There are still incidences when health care providers refuse to treat people with…
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California Will Expand Coverage of Medicaid Community-Based Mobile Crisis Intervention Services

Medicaid Mobile Crisis Services: A Compassionate Approach to Substance Use Disorders

California‘s Delivery of Prescription Drugs to Medi-Cal Recipients Undergoes Major Change on January 1st

Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care: State Implementation Efforts

Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care: 2021 State Roundup

HIV discrimination case before the Supreme Court could have far-reaching implications