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April 21, 2020
Keep Essential Care: Language Access
Mara Youdelman Coronavirus, Health Equity
COVID19 is having an unprecedented impact on the lives of billions of people. But a robust and effective COVID19 response must not be a vehicle for denying access to essential health care services.NHeLP is fighting to protect access to the range of critical services that people — especially low-income…
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April 15, 2020
The Navajo Nation Responds to COVID-19
Zamir Brown Coronavirus, Health Equity, Uncategorized
When COVID-19 (coronavirus) arrived in the U.S., some called it “the great equalizer,” suggesting that regardless of income, race, or any other factor, the susceptibility of contraction and risk of mortality would be the same. This perception of COVID-19 was and still is, entirely inaccurate. It is widely understood…
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April 3, 2020
On the Other Side, What Promises Will We Keep?
Elizabeth G. Taylor Coronavirus, Health Equity
In Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, as Santiago‘s tiny boat is being dragged out to sea, he promises to say ten Our Fathers and ten Hail Marys and to make a pilgrimage to the Virgin of Cobre if he catches the marlin. And, of course, there are…
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March 25, 2020
Immigrant Health Care in the Time of Coronavirus
Priscilla Huang Coronavirus, Health Equity
As a nation, we are facing an unprecedented public health crisis in the U.S. As the number of confirmed coronavirus infections have increased, social distancing and weeks-long shelter-in-place orders have become the new norm for a growing number of individuals. These requirements have created dramatic changes in the way…
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February 28, 2020
Maternal Mental Health Care is Critical to Reducing Racial Disparities
Alexis Robles-Fradet and Abbi Coursolle Health Equity, Uncategorized
Depression in pregnant women has increased by seven times from 2000 to 2015. Here in California, about one in seven women who gave birth experienced postpartum depression last year. Overall, women of color have a higher rate of 38% for postpartum depression, compared to 13-19% for all postpartum women.…
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November 25, 2019
California is Expanding Medi-Cal to All Young Adults Regardless of Immigration Status
Alicia Emanuel Health Equity, Uncategorized
As of January 1, 2020, California is expanding full-scope Medi-Cal to all young adults up to age 26 regardless of immigration status. Medi-Cal’s Young Adult Expansion builds on the success of SB 75, which expanded Medi-Cal to all children in California. Here in California, we are proud of the…
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Keep Essential Care: Language Access

The Navajo Nation Responds to COVID-19

On the Other Side, What Promises Will We Keep?

Immigrant Health Care in the Time of Coronavirus

Maternal Mental Health Care is Critical to Reducing Racial Disparities

California is Expanding Medi-Cal to All Young Adults Regardless of Immigration Status