- April 5, 2018
Closing the Door on Patients: Trump’s Expansion of Religious Refusals
In the last year, we have seen the Trump administration repeatedly attack and sabotage programs that ensure individuals and…
- February 14, 2018
Health Care’s Seven Dirty Words
On December 16, 2017, participants in a meeting at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that an administration…
- November 2, 2017
The Law Is Not in Trump’s Court: Kyler Prescott’s Case and Sec. 1557 of the Affordable Care Act
Two years ago, the world lost Kyler Prescott. Kyler was a 14 year-old, transgender boy who battled against depression,…
- September 28, 2017
Anti-discrimination Protections for Health Care of LGBTQ People Under Attack
*Editor's Note: This piece was updated in October following recent action by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.Over the past…
- July 12, 2017
BCRA Public Health Consequences: HIV as a Case Study
The Senate Republican’s health care bill, the “Better Care Reconciliation Act” (BCRA) defunds critical public health projects that combat…
- June 27, 2017
The Senate Bill to Repeal the Affordable Care Act Hurts Low-Income, Women of Color
The Senate finally decided to release its bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), which drastically harms women and…
- June 20, 2017
How Proposed Health Care Cuts Would Harm Care for People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
The proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA) would cut Medicaid by an unprecedented $834 billion; gut the Affordable Care…
- June 19, 2017
Proposed Medicaid Cuts Would Endanger Calif.’s Ability to Address Health Disparities
This post is part 6 of our 12-part “Protect Medi-Cal Funding” series. Medi-Cal provides a long-term investment that helps…
- June 14, 2017
Proposal to Repeal the Affordable Care Act and Cut Medicaid Threaten HIV Care
Before the Affordable Care Act (ACA), people with HIV often faced a catch-22. They could not enroll in Medicaid…
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