Health Reform via State Waiver
By Erin Fuse Brown and Chelsea Campbell The path to systemic health reform in the U.S. may run through the states. To get there, the Biden/Harris administration should use its existing waiver authority...
View ArticleThe Many Harms of State Bills Blocking Youth Access to Gender-Affirming Care
By Chloe Reichel State legislation blocking trans youth from accessing gender-affirming care puts kids at risk, thwarts physician autonomy, and potentially violates a number of federal laws, write Jack...
View ArticleCongress Should Insulate the Indian Health Service from the Next Government...
By Matthew B. Lawrence Contributors to Bill of Health’s symposium on Recommendations for a Biden/Harris Health Policy Agenda have made a number of excellent suggestions. I have one more policy...
View ArticleAmerica’s Underinsurance Crisis in the Age of COVID-19
By Dessie Otachliska The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the underinsurance crisis that has long kept millions of Americans on the precipice of financial disaster — just one unexpected illness...
View ArticleHealth Justice as the Lodestar of Incremental Health Reform
By Elizabeth McCuskey Health justice is the lodestar we need for the next generation of health reform. It centers justice as the destination for health care regulation and supplies the conceptual...
View ArticleChurning Point: Lessons from Medicaid Pandemic Policies
By Cathy Zhang During the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring widespread health coverage took on a new sense of urgency, leading many states to implement policies to address the longstanding problem of...
View ArticleIt’s Time for Biden to Scrap Trump-era Junk Plans
By Cathy Zhang Open enrollment for the health insurance marketplace begins on November 1. Among the options available to consumers will be short-term, limited-duration insurance (STLDI), also known as...
View ArticleThe Contraceptive Coverage Mandate Is Urgently Needed
By Gregory Curfman Within the coming months, the constitutional right to abortion, which has been in place for nearly 50 years, is likely to be overturned. In this light, it is more crucial than ever...
View ArticleAffirming Nondiscrimination Rights: HHS Needs to Acknowledge a Private Right...
By Cathy Zhang Last week, on the heels of attacks on trans youth and their families in Texas, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a notice and...
View ArticleChurntables: A Look at the Record on Medicaid Redetermination Plans
By Cathy Zhang The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) expires at the end of this week, with Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra expected to renew the PHE once...
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