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Improving Health Care Quality

Building on Behavioral Health Parity: State Options to Strengthen Access to Care

Blog / May 25, 2023

Della Young, a kidney transplant patient with lupus, stands at her home in McDonough, Ga., on Oct. 26, 2021. Young lost Medicaid coverage when she moved from New York to Georgia, which is one of 11 states that hasn’t expanded Medicaid coverage to 138% of the poverty level. Those nonexpansion states have lower rates of insurance coverage and health care access overall, with larger disparities between racial/ethnic groups, than expansion states. Photo: Nicole Craine/New York Times via Redux

Advancing Health Equity

Inequities in Health Insurance Coverage and Access for Black and Hispanic Adults

Issue Briefs / Mar 16, 2023

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Achieving Universal Coverage

States Act to Strengthen Surprise Billing Protections Even After Passage of No Surprises Act

Blog / Mar 16, 2023

Gloria Cote, 92, left, and Sr. Jeanne Fregeau, 93, sit on the porch at St. Chretienne Retirement Residence in Marlborough, Mass., on Aug. 26, 2020. Both recovered from COVID-19 infections earlier in the year. The pandemic has prompted increased investment in home- and community-based services to transform care settings and expand options for long-term care. Photo: Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe via Getty Images

Improving Health Care Quality

Policy Options to Advance Long-Term Care: Resources and Tools for State Policymakers

Blog / Feb 21, 2023

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives on the first day of the 118th Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 2023. With political control now divided between the House and Senate, the long-simmering issue of ERISA preemption reform has potential to receive bipartisan support in Congress. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Controlling Health Care Costs

Reforming ERISA to Help States Control Health Care Costs

Issue Briefs / Feb 09, 2023

Boston Medical Center nurses and doctors orchestrate care for patients on April 15, 2020. Officials interviewed in Massachusetts and 10 other states said that hospital spending, particularly in the form of high prices, is a key driver of rising health care costs. Photo: Erin Clark/Boston Globe via Getty Images

Controlling Health Care Costs

States Take on Affordability — Hospital and Pharmaceutical Spending Are Pressing Priorities, but Difficult to Tackle

Blog / Jan 26, 2023

Denver, Colorado downtown skyline viewed from Red Rocks at dawn.

Achieving Universal Coverage

States Move Forward with Public Option Programs, but Differ in How They Select Insurance Carriers

Blog / Jan 24, 2023

Advancing Health Equity

Limiting Abortion Access for American Women Impacts Health, Economic Security: An International Comparison

Blog / Jan 12, 2023

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Controlling Health Care Costs

State Strategies for Controlling Health Care Costs: Implementation Guides

Publication / Jan 12, 2023

Nicole Chauncey instructs a volunteer on how to register clinic visitors at the Lowell Senior Center in Lowell, Mass., on Feb. 25, 2021. Recently approved Medicaid section 1115 demonstrations from Massachusetts, Arizona, Arkansas, and Oregon establish a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid policy framework. Photo: Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe via Getty Images

Improving Health Care Quality

CMS’ New Policy Framework for Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstrations

Blog / Jan 10, 2023

Dr. John Mouratoff talks with a patient on the phone from his office at the East Bay Nephrology Medical Group office in Oakland, Calif., on Oct. 5, 2020. Since the start of the pandemic, at least 20 states have taken action to allow or require coverage of telephone visits — essential for reaching the 42 million Americans who lack broadband access as well as people unfamiliar with video technology. Photo: Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

Achieving Universal Coverage

State Telemedicine Coverage Requirements Continue to Evolve

Blog / Dec 20, 2022

Abigail Previlon, 13, takes part in remote distance learning at home on Oct. 28, 2020, in Stamford, Conn.

Improving Health Care Quality

Expanding Collaborative Care in Medicaid Can Combat the Country’s Youth Mental Health Crisis

Blog / Nov 28, 2022

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