Bill of Health

JANUARY 26, 2022

Incarcerated individuals need health care, but punitive policies make securing access to care particularly difficult among this population, which numbers about 2.1 million as of 2021. The Humane Correctional Health Care Act (H.R.3514) 2628 would support states and counties in delivering quality health care.

Medicaid 293

Medicaid Medicaid COVID-19 Public Health 293

Bill of Health

APRIL 13, 2022

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 more to extend through mid-July. By Cathy Zhang.

Medicaid 144

Medicaid Medicaid COVID-19 Public Health 144

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

By Nicole Huberfeld Once again, health law has become a vehicle for constitutional change , with courts hollowing federal and state public health authority while also generating new challenges. In administrative law disputes, a critical aspect of public health law, clear statement rules enforce separation of powers.

Public Health 246

Public Health COVID-19 Medicaid Medicaid 246

Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2021

Now that hygiene protocols are well-established in health care providers’ settings, at least two other major consumer barriers to seeking care must be addressed: cost and access. One-in-three people were also dealing with a mental health conditions, split roughly between anxiety disorders and depression of some type.

COVID-19 112

COVID-19 Health Insurance ACA Medicaid 112