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December 8, 2021
Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care: 2021 State Roundup
Alexis Robles-Fradet Best of 2021 Blogs, california, Health Equity
Doulas and other birth workers have continued to rise in popularity as a potential intervention for addressing the maternal health and mortality crisis in the United States. While doulas cannot solve the underlying structural inequities and systemic racism in our health systems, their presence during pregnancy, birth, and the…
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November 29, 2021
Increasing Access to Testosterone to improve the lives of Transmasculine People
Skyler Rosellini and Abigail Coursolle Services, Uncategorized
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November 9, 2021
“Build Back Better” Series
The Build Back Better Act (BBB) address a number of longstanding inequities in health care and broader systemic injustices in health; provides new economic and social supports for low- and middle-income individuals and families; and helps fight climate change.Pervasive and systemic inequities were exacerbated by the pandemic and exploitative economic…
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November 2, 2021
HIV discrimination case before the Supreme Court could have far-reaching implications
Wayne Turner and Elizabeth Edwards Amicus Blogs, california
People living with HIV and AIDS have long experienced the pain of discrimination. Some of us remember those dark days when hospital workers would leave trays of food outside the rooms where AIDS patients were dying. There are still incidences when health care providers refuse to treat people with…
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October 18, 2021
The Colorado Way: Using the Essential Health Benefits benchmarking process to advance health equity
Wayne Turner and Héctor Hernández-Delgado Best of 2021 Blogs, Services, Uncategorized
Colorado’s recent expansion of health coverage to require gender-affirming care provides a prime example of how states can use the benchmarking process for Essential Health Benefits (EHB) to address unmet health needs. Under the Colorado improvements recently approved by the Biden-Harris administration, most health plans regulated by the State…
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September 29, 2021
2021 State Abortion Coverage Legislative Roundup
Madeline Morcelle Abortion, california
*This post was written by Darian Diepholz & Madeline T. Morcelle. Darian Diepholz, MPH, CHES, was a Spitzer intern at the National Health Law Program over the Summer of 2021. She is a JD Candidate at Saint Louis University School of Law.Comprehensive health care access cannot be achieved without…
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Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care: 2021 State Roundup

Increasing Access to Testosterone to improve the lives of Transmasculine People

“Build Back Better” Series

HIV discrimination case before the Supreme Court could have far-reaching implications

The Colorado Way: Using the Essential Health Benefits benchmarking process to advance health equity

2021 State Abortion Coverage Legislative Roundup