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October 20, 2021
For Congress’ Medicaid Coverage Gap Fix, Racial Justice Relies on the Details
Madeline Morcelle Build Back Better, Health Equity
What are the lives of Black, Latinx, and other people with low incomes in the Medicaid coverage gap worth to members of Congress? The answer to that question hangs in the balance amid heated negotiations over the topline cost of the Build Back Better Act, Congress’ budget reconciliation bill.Jim…
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September 19, 2021
NHeLP Celebrates Telehealth Awareness Week, September 19- 25, 2021
T. Nancy Lam and Daniel Young california, Coronavirus, Health Equity
September 19-25, 2021 is Telehealth Awareness Week. NHeLP joins many stakeholders, health care providers, and advocates to acknowledge this week and raise awareness of the importance of telehealth.Telehealth is the use of digital technologies to deliver health care, health information, and other health services by connecting two or more…
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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, Services
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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, Disability, Health Equity, Medicaid Awareness Month
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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, SRH Health Equity, Uncategorized
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May 27, 2021
Juvenile Justice Laws Provide Model for Improving Health Care Access for Individuals Leaving Incarceration
Andrew Hayes and Cathren Cohen Health Equity, Uncategorized
Transitioning from incarceration to the community without services and supports is medically risky, especially for people who are incarcerated with Substance Use Disorders (SUD). Studies have found that the mortality rate for people recently released from prison is twelve times higher than the general population. This troubling trend is…
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For Congress’ Medicaid Coverage Gap Fix, Racial Justice Relies on the Details

NHeLP Celebrates Telehealth Awareness Week, September 19- 25, 2021

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

Juvenile Justice Laws Provide Model for Improving Health Care Access for Individuals Leaving Incarceration