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March 26, 2018
In Face of Hostile Trump Administration, Washington State Takes Action to Protect and Expand Access to Reproductive Health Care
Liz McCaman Taylor california, Uncategorized
Washington state recently passed a suite of laws that expand and protect access to quality, affordable reproductive health care. These critical victories, many of which came after several years of community advocacy, are part of a larger trend of state legislation aiming to bolster protections for contraceptive coverage, abortion…
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March 23, 2018
Proposed HHS Rules Will Reduce Access to Medicaid Services
Abigail Coursolle Uncategorized
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) proposed changes to the Medicaid “equal access” rule that are intended to erode beneficiaries’ access to covered Medicaid services.As background, state Medicaid programs must set payment rates to ensure provider participation such that Medicaid services are available at least as…
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March 16, 2018
As We Celebrate International Women’s Month, California Remains a National Leader on Women’s Health Care
Fabiola De Liban california, Uncategorized
March marks International Women’s Month, and we celebrate this by recounting how California has, through implementation of the Affordable Care Act and Medi-Cal, protected and expanded health care access for women in spite of the Trump administration’s attacks against women’s health care.Medi-Cal is a program that benefits women (by…
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March 14, 2018
Medicaid: The New Public Option?
Jennifer Lav Uncategorized
A year ago, Medicaid expansion was under intense assault, and the threat of repeal was all too real. In the face of these attacks, the Nevada Legislature asked a simple question: if the federal government eliminates Medicaid expansion, why not allow those losing Medicaid to buy it back? Individuals…
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February 14, 2018
Health Care’s Seven Dirty Words
Elizabeth G. Taylor Health Equity, Uncategorized
On December 16, 2017, participants in a meeting at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that an administration official had told them not to use any of these seven words: transgender, vulnerable, entitlement, diversity, fetus, evidence-based and science-based. Later, a spokesperson for the administration said that CDC was…
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February 6, 2018
Calif. Makes Progress to Address Opioid Misuse While Protecting Access to Necessary Care in Medi-Cal
Héctor Hernández-Delgado california, Services, Uncategorized
Facing an opioid overdose epidemic showing no signs of slowing, states have resorted to a variety of measures to improve opioid prescribing practices and reduce the risk of individuals developing opioid use disorders (OUD). While there are currently no enforceable limits on the amount of opioids a provider can…
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In Face of Hostile Trump Administration, Washington State Takes Action to Protect and Expand Access to Reproductive Health Care

Proposed HHS Rules Will Reduce Access to Medicaid Services

As We Celebrate International Women’s Month, California Remains a National Leader on Women’s Health Care

Medicaid: The New Public Option?

Health Care’s Seven Dirty Words

Calif. Makes Progress to Address Opioid Misuse While Protecting Access to Necessary Care in Medi-Cal