While the term health equity is used widely, a common understanding of what it means is lacking. What is health equity? In a report designed to increase consensus around meaning of health equity, the ...

The Health Insurance Marketplace and Medicaid are important sources of coverage in farm states, with between one-fifth and one-third of the states’ populations enrolled in these two programs.

A series of policy briefs include evidence-based recommendations to help people through the immediate health and economic crises and longer-term recommendations to ensure a fair and just opportunity ...

Busting the stereotype of men as breadwinners and women as caregivers benefits families and our economy. New research reveals conditions and supports needed for men to fulfill their caregiver roles.

Healthcare providers would lose more than $770 billion in revenue over the next decade under the congressional spending bill passed by the House of Representatives.

A brief provides background on federal and state paid family leave policies (PFL), highlights domestic and international research that shows PFL provides a range of benefits, and lays out principles ...

For communities and their residents to recover fully and fairly from COVID-19, state and local leaders should consider five health equity principles in designing and implementing their responses.

Closing the Medicaid coverage gap would save lives, reduce health care costs and help eliminate the racial and ethnic health disparities that have persisted for generations.

The following is a statement by funders and philanthropic organizations in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings in Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for ...

Healthcare spending in the United States would decline by $797 billion over the next decade under the congressional spending bill passed by the House of Representatives.

More than 15% of adults in the U.S. report past-due medical debt, with nearly 73% owing some or all of that debt to hospitals.

The coronavirus pandemic has had unprecedented, widespread impacts on households across America, raising concerns about our ability to weather long-term health and financial harms.