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May 6, 2021
Social Determinants of Health Legislation: Opportunities for a New Future
Zamir M. Brown Coronavirus, Health Equity, Homepage
This article was originally published by The Network for Public Health Law.On January 31, 2020, COVID-19 was declared a national public health emergency (PHE), freeing additional funds, resources, and personnel to respond to the crisis across the United States. Unfortunately, by the time of the declaration, it was already…
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April 22, 2021
Medicaid Agencies Must Cover Medication Abortions as Permitted by the FDA
Madeline Morcelle and Fabiola Carrión Abortion, 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
The Time is Now to Vaccinate High-Risk People with Disabilities
Hannah Eichner Coronavirus, Health Equity
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people with disabilities have faced a disproportionate risk of COVID-19 exposure, serious illness, and death. While data collection in the U.S. is less comprehensive, a recent study from England outlines the scope of the problem, finding that people with significant disabilities were three to…
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March 12, 2021
The American Rescue Plan: Major Relief for People with Disabilities
David Machledt Coronavirus, Health Equity
Congress and the President just sent a huge and hopeful message to people with disabilities across the country: Help is on the way! The American Rescue Plan Act is an historic COVID-19 relief bill that includes the largest infusion of federal support for services for people with disabilities in…
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March 12, 2021
The American Rescue Plan Act: What’s it do for Health?
Mara Youdelman 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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March 12, 2021
American Rescue Plan Act Takes Landmark Step Toward Ending Our Black and Indigenous Maternal Mortality Epidemic
Madeline Morcelle Coronavirus, Health Equity
With the stroke of a pen on March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) giving states the option to provide continuous Medicaid and CHIP coverage through twelve months postpartum. Inside the U.S.’ Maternal Mortality EpidemicPeople in the U.S. are dying from pregnancy-related complications…
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Social Determinants of Health Legislation: Opportunities for a New Future

Medicaid Agencies Must Cover Medication Abortions as Permitted by the FDA

The Time is Now to Vaccinate High-Risk People with Disabilities

The American Rescue Plan: Major Relief for People with Disabilities

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

American Rescue Plan Act Takes Landmark Step Toward Ending Our Black and Indigenous Maternal Mortality Epidemic