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Medicaid and Racial Health Equity KFF

(5 days ago) The unwinding of the Medicaid continuous enrollment provision could widen disparities in health coverage. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) included a temporary requirement that Medicaid programs keep people continuously enrolled in exchange for enhanced federal funding. Primarily due … See more

https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-and-racial-health-equity/

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Improving Health Equity in Medicaid: What Are the Challenges and

(9 days ago) WEBThis post is the first in the Health Equity Meeting Blog Series, summarizing the discussion by a panel of experts who highlighted the key challenges and …

https://academyhealth.org/blog/2022-02/improving-health-equity-medicaid-what-are-challenges-and-opportunities

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Race and ethnicity of the national Medicaid and CHIP …

(8 days ago) WEBTotal U.S. population (327M) Over 96 million individuals received some type of health coverage from Medicaid or CHIP at any point in 2020, almost 30 percent of the U.S. …

https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/data-and-systems/downloads/macbis/2020-race-etncity-data-brf.pdf

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Structural Racism In Historical And Modern US Health Care Policy

(Just Now) WEBStructural racism operates through laws and policies that allocate resources in ways that disempower and devalue members of racial and ethnic minority groups, resulting in …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01466

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Medicaid Expansion and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to

(3 days ago) WEBHealth disparities among racial/ethnic subgroups have been large, ubiquitous, and persistent. Blacks and Hispanics have a higher prevalence of obesity …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7878957/

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Medicaid Expansion Has Helped Narrow Racial …

(5 days ago) WEBThe gap in uninsured rates between white and Black adults shrunk by 51 percent in expansion states (versus 33 percent in non-expansion states), while the gap between white and Hispanic adults …

https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/medicaid-expansion-has-helped-narrow-racial-disparities-in-health-coverage-and

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Why Racial Inequities Still Persist in Health Care - The …

(7 days ago) WEBThe disparity was seen even when Americans from various racial and ethnic backgrounds shared the same insurance, like Medicare, the government health plan for seniors. “Access to primary care

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/health/racial-disparities-health-care.html

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Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Health Care Coverage …

(Just Now) WEBIntroduction. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) helped to significantly reduce U.S. racial and ethnic disparities in health insurance coverage and to improve access to care, especially in states that …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2021/jun/racial-ethnic-inequities-health-care-coverage-access-2013-2019

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Advancing Racial Equity in U.S. Health Care: State Disparities

(6 days ago) WEBAdvancing Racial Equity in U.S. Health Care. The Commonwealth Fund 2024 State Health Disparities Report. Dr. Reshma Chugani checks 7-year-old Zoe …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2024/apr/advancing-racial-equity-us-health-care

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A Racial Equity Framework for Assessing Health Policy

(5 days ago) WEBFor example, institutions create the rules and constraints that structure the behavior of policy actors. In the case of Medicaid, although Congress passed the …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2022/jan/racial-equity-framework-assessing-health-policy

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medicaid: An Annotated

(1 days ago) WEBRacial and ethnic disparities persist even after controlling for socioeconomic factors in a range of health issues and outcomes throughout the U.S. health care system (IOM …

https://www.macpac.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Racial-and-Ethnic-Disparities-in-Medicaid-An-Annotated-Bibliography.pdf

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States Can Reduce Medicaid’s Administrative Burdens to Advance …

(6 days ago) WEBMedicaid’s History of Administrative Burdens. Medicaid eligibility for children and parents originally depended on their eligibility for Aid to Families with Dependent …

https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/states-can-reduce-medicaids-administrative-burdens-to-advance-health-and-racial

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Health Disparities Report 2021 - America's Health Rankings

(2 days ago) WEBhealth care have led to better health outcomes — and as a result, more Americans are living longer. However, health disparities continue to exist by gender, geography, …

https://assets.americashealthrankings.org/app/uploads/2021_ahr_health-disparities-comprehensive-report_final.pdf

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Racism and Health Minority Health CDC

(4 days ago) WEBRacism is a Serious Threat to the Public’s Health. Racism is a system —consisting of structures, policies, practices, and norms—that assigns value and …

https://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/racism-disparities/index.html

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DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE - 2021 National Healthcare Quality …

(5 days ago) WEBHealthcare delivery is not experienced equitably by all populations. A healthcare disparity is a difference between population groups in the way they access, experience, and receive …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578532/

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Race, Healthcare, and Health Disparities: A Critical Review and

(4 days ago) WEBINTRODUCTION. Social determinants of health (SDoH) as defined by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are the conditions in which …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10527840/

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How Health Care Leaders View Disparities in Care NEJM Catalyst

(4 days ago) WEBFernández says transparency in equity initiatives is also critical, citing the 2024 Beth Israel Lahey Health Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Progress Report 1 as an …

https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.24.0211

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Why Medicaid’s ‘Undercount’ Problem Counts - KFF Health News

(3 days ago) WEBTurns out, millions of them were also unaware they had been covered by the government program. Nearly 1 in 3 people enrolled in Medicaid in 2022 — or 26 million …

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/health-202-millions-lost-medicaid-coverage-undercount/

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Top social determinants of health barring patient care access

(4 days ago) WEBThe social determinants of health can have a grave impact on patient care access. Particularly, income, racial bias, geographic location, and transportation access …

https://www.techtarget.com/patientengagement/feature/Top-social-determinants-of-health-barring-patient-care-access

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Why Medicaid expansion failed in Mississippi and Alabama this

(8 days ago) WEBThe coverage gap. In states that have not adopted Medicaid expansion, hundreds of thousands of people fall into what's known as the coverage gap, that is, …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/16/1251691921/medicaid-expansion-mississippi-alabama-south

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HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Issues Statement on New Data …

(Just Now) WEBToday, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra released the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/05/17/hhs-secretary-xavier-becerra-issues-statement-new-data-showing-continued-low-uninsurance-rate.html

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What is implicit bias, how does it affect healthcare? TechTarget

(4 days ago) WEBMedicine’s focus on racial health disparities and health equity has brought to the forefront another key concept in healthcare delivery and patient care: implicit bias. …

https://www.techtarget.com/patientengagement/feature/What-is-implicit-bias-how-does-it-affect-healthcare

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Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in U.S. Health Care

(8 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Profound racial and ethnic disparities in health and well-being have long been the norm in the United States. Black and American Indian/Alaska Native …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/scorecard/2021/nov/achieving-racial-ethnic-equity-us-health-care-state-performance

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Everybody’s Work: Healing What Hurts Us All.

(5 days ago) WEBThe National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing (the Commission) and the American Nurses Association (ANA) celebrate the achievement of awareness, …

https://www.nursingworld.org/news/news-releases/2024/everybodys-work-healing-what-hurts-us-all/

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Mental health inequities cost U.S. $477 billion per year, report says

(Just Now) WEBExcess medical care is just one part of the economic cost of mental health inequities, said Darrell Gaskin at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. …

https://www.marketplace.org/2024/05/16/mental-health-care-inequities-477-billion-per-year/

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As mental health issues plague community, Asian Americans fight …

(2 days ago) WEBThe struggles faced by some segments of the community suggest post-pandemic challenges remain. Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders …

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/10/asian-american-community-mental-health-stigma/73590929007/

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DOJ announces task force on health care monopolies and collusion

(6 days ago) WEBThe task force will consider widespread competition concerns shared by patients, health care professionals, businesses and entrepreneurs, including issues …

https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2024-05-10-doj-announces-task-force-health-care-monopolies-and-collusion

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Steward Health Files Chapter 11 After Medical Properties Deal

(2 days ago) WEBSteward Health Care System LLC filed for bankruptcy early Monday after a period of mounting financial challenges and government scrutiny over the impact of its …

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-06/steward-health-files-chapter-11-after-medical-properties-deal

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Black women voters will be a force to reckon with in upcoming …

(5 days ago) WEBAffordable healthcare and maternal health Cost of living and rising prices For Black women, the fight against high maternal death rates, discrimination, and the need …

https://rollingout.com/2024/05/17/women-of-color-voters-upcoming-elections/

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For Maui fire survivors, health conditions are worsening - The

(4 days ago) WEBMonths after Maui fires, residents report troubling health problems. More than 4 in 10 people reported challenges in accessing medical care, compared with …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/05/15/maui-fire-health-impact-lahaina/

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Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances in Cystic Fibrosis: How

(7 days ago) WEBThe disease is found in patients of all racial and ethnic groups. Currently, it is most common in White people (91.2%), followed by Black (3.5%) and Asian (0.5%) people.

https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2024/0500/editorial-cystic-fibrosis.html

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The Benefits of AI in Healthcare IBM

(7 days ago) WEBAs AI becomes more important in healthcare delivery and more AI medical applications are developed, ethical, and regulatory governance must be established. …

https://www.ibm.com/think/insights/ai-healthcare-benefits

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