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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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Key Data on Health and Health Care by Race and Ethnicity

(6 days ago) WEBIn addition, Hispanic (18%), AIAN (15%), NHOPI (14%), and Black (14%) adults were more likely than White adults (9%) to report not seeing a doctor in the past …

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/report/key-data-on-health-and-health-care-by-race-and-ethnicity/

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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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Effects of the ACA Medicaid Expansion on Racial …

(7 days ago) WEBThis issue brief builds on a previous literature review that broadly investigated the effects of Medicaid expansion by examining how the expansion has affected racial disparities in health

https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/effects-of-the-aca-medicaid-expansion-on-racial-disparities-in-health-and-health-care/

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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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Missing Medicaid Data on Race/Ethnicity May Bias …

(6 days ago) WEBOverall, about 19% of Medicaid beneficiaries were missing race/ethnicity information but this rate varied considerably across states. The data linkage strategy used in this research can improve the …

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/04/missing-medicaid-data-on-race-ethnicity-may-bias-health-research.html

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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) WEBDisparities in care delivery, driven by factors such structural racism and social determinants of health (SDOH), are pervasive and can have a substantial impact on …

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) WEBStates have dropped about 22 million people from Medicaid in the past year, often for procedural reasons like failing to return paperwork. A KFF survey in April found …

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

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Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: What are the

(1 days ago) WEBDownload PDF Racial and ethnic disparities in health care – whether in insurance coverage, access, or quality of care – are one of many factors producing …

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/eliminating-racialethnic-disparities-in-health-care-what/

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Health Equity COVID-19 CDC

(6 days ago) WEBCDC Health Equity News & Science. January 6, 2023: Racial and Ethnic Differences in COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Children and Adolescents Aged 5–17 Years and Parental Intent to Vaccinate Their Children — National Immunization Survey–Child COVID Module, United States, December 2020–September 2022. …

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/health-equity/index.html

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Top social determinants of health barring patient care access

(4 days ago) WEBIncome, racial bias, geography, and transportation serve as key social determinants of health hampering patient care access. By. Sara Heath, Managing …

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) WEBThey can't afford it. They don't have coverage." This spring, Mississippi's legislature considered but ultimately failed to adopt expansion, which would have …

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

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Patient and System Factors Associated with Racial and Ethnic

(9 days ago) WEBHealth Care Access & Coverage; Health & Long-Term Care Workforce Patient and System Factors Associated with Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Ambulatory Care among Medicaid-Enrolled Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities comments, or complaints concerning any accessibility issues with Rutgers websites to accessibility

https://cshp.rutgers.edu/publications/patient-and-system-factors-associated-with-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-ambulatory-care-among-medicaid-enrolled-adults-with-intellectual-and-developmental-disabilities

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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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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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Medicaid ‘unwinding’ disproportionately harms people - PennLive

(4 days ago) WEB“Every day the anxiety builds,” said Saa, who lost her home health aide for 11 days, starting April 1, despite being eligible. The state has since restored Saa’s home health aide service but

https://www.pennlive.com/reckon/2024/05/medicaid-unwinding-disproportionately-harms-people-with-disabilities-advocacy-groups-find.html

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

(Just Now) WEBAccording to a new report from Deloitte and the Meharry School of Global Health, inequities in mental health will cost the U.S. more than $477 billion this year. …

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) WEBAccording to a 2020 American Psychological Association report, 84% of the psychology workforce is white, while Asians comprise just 4%. That means Asian …

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 Department of Justice May 9 announced the formation of a task force focusing on competition concerns in health care. The unit, the Task Force on Health …

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

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Do no harm: AI and medical racism Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

(Just Now) WEBThe troubling legacy of medical racism is still alive today. A recent study found that people of colour were 29% less likely to get local anaesthesia for minor surgery compared to white patients. In the quest to harness Artificial Intelligence in healthcare, medical racism has crept into the algorithms that shape medical decisions today. Arshin …

https://iai.tv/articles/do-no-harm-ai-and-medical-racism-auid-2617?ts=1716089339

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California Moves Faster to Transform Mental Health System for …

(9 days ago) WEBDETAILS: The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has issued its bond guidance for behavioral health treatment beds and sites (for $3.3 billion, or 75%, of the $4.4 billion overall, for Launch Ready projects), with the request for application to be posted this summer. Additionally, the California Health and Human Services Agency

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/05/14/california-moves-faster-to-transform-mental-health-system-for-all-with-urgent-focus-on-most-seriously-ill-homeless/

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Medicaid Initiatives to Improve Maternal and Infant Health and

(7 days ago) WEBStudies suggest that the ACA Medicaid expansion has had positive impacts on maternal and infant access to and use of care and health outcomes and helped to …

https://www.kff.org/report-section/medicaid-initiatives-to-improve-maternal-and-infant-health-and-address-racial-disparities-issue-brief/

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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. A new report details respiratory ailments, mental health conditions and lack of access to …

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

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Public health - Wikipedia

(3 days ago) WEBPublic health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the determinants of health of a population and the threats it faces is the basis for public health. The public can be as …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health

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