Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. This requires removing obstacles to health such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences, ...

For 50-year-old individuals earning 401% of the federal poverty level (FPL), $60,391 in 2024, enrolled in the second-lowest cost silver plan in their ZIP code, premiums would increase by a national ...

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. In addition to lost revenue, the ...

When it comes to expanding opportunities for health, thinking the same approach will work universally is like expecting everyone to be able to ride the same bike. We’ve invested in creating multiple ...

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

Although 41 states have expanded eligibility for Medicaid coverage as part of the Affordable Care Act, a study shows that coverage could be in jeopardy for millions of people if federal funding to ...

The Marketplace Pulse series provides expert insights on timely policy topics related to the health insurance marketplaces. The series, authored by RWJF Senior Policy Adviser Katherine Hempstead, ...

Approximately half (47%) of uninsured veterans under age 65 are projected to be eligible for either Medicaid or insurance subsidies through the Affordable Care Act marketplace in 2024. While the ...

Nonprofit hospitals—which account for 60 percent of U.S. hospitals—must provide charity care and community benefits to maintain tax-exempt status. However, these hospitals determine their own charity ...

Research examines how Medicaid agencies in 40 states select managed care organizations (MCOs) to contract with, how contract terms are set, and how performance is evaluated. In 2017, Medicaid agencies ...

Faced with the challenge to visually convey the difference between equality and equity, we surveyed our audience and incorporated input from a range of people. Our new image is available now. You may ...

Health care delivery often involves a one-size-fits-all approach. As clinicians, we treat a patient with a particular diagnosis similar to the last patient we saw with the same diagnosis because it’s ...