by Jordana Choucair | Feb 23, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
The CDC released a new report indicating that the U.S. maternal mortality rate increased during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Black women faring far worse than their white peers. In 2020, 861 women died of maternal causes – up from 754 in 2019 –...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 18, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
The CMS issued a request for information to collect feedback on ways to improve access and equity in Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The agency said the feedback will be used to shape future Medicaid and CHIP policy, monitoring, and...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 8, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
A Health Affairs study found that nonelderly Medicaid enrollees in racial and ethnic minority groups have significantly worse care experiences than white enrollees. Researchers analyzed data on patients enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans between 2014 and 2018 in...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 4, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
Yesterday, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) co-hosted a webinar examining persistent racial disparities in cancer care. A panel of oncologists, a patient advocate, and policy researchers discussed how inequities...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 25, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
Public Citizen is pushing Pfizer to make its COVID-19 antiviral pill more broadly available in lower-income countries to address the existing global inequities in access to vaccines and treatments. The advocacy group argued in a letter to Pfizer Chief Executive Albert...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 7, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
A new analysis from the Urban Institute found that parents in low-income households (at or below 138 percent of federal poverty level) face greater challenges in addressing health needs than other parents. Parents in low-income households were more than nine times as...
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