COVID-19 Tooth Loss and Oral Health Complications Underscore Importance of Maintaining, Expanding Coverage
COVID-19 can weaken the circulatory system and cause inflammation, both of which have an effect on oral health outcomes.
Community Leaders: Essential to Organizing for Change
Relationship building is at the heart of organizing. In particular, building relationships with people on the ground who care about their communities and are impacted by issues is essential to making meaningful change.
If Congress Doesn’t Invest in States Soon, People May Start Losing Oral Health Services
Individuals covered by Medicaid may start to lose needed health services – starting with cuts to oral health care – amidst state budget shortfalls due to lack of federal COVID-19 relief. Federal lawmakers must invest in states at this critical moment.
Eldercare Voices, COVID Edition: Sherman Pines
Eldercare Voices is an occasional feature of the Center’s monthly newsletter, Health Innovation Highlights, inviting guest commentators directly involved in care delivery or support to older adults to share their perspectives from the field. This post is part of a...
The Urgent Need for Extension of Emergency Protections to Housing Security and Access to Medicaid Coverage
As we near the end of the year and face the holidays during a surging pandemic, many people will struggle with isolation and sadness at being away from loved ones. Additionally, COVID-19 has unleashed a series of crises that are...
Strengthening Community Benefit Regulations to Address Health Equity
Hospitals have a responsibility to address longstanding health inequities in the communities they serve. One way they can do this is through their community benefit activities.
Eldercare Voices, COVID Edition: Gwendolyn Graddy, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Dr. Graddy is currently the Chief Medical Officer for PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) Southeast Michigan.
How the #SickofItTX Campaign is Building Power & Fighting for Texans’ Health
Texas has the nation’s worst uninsured rate, with more than five million Texans uninsured, but state lawmakers consistently refuse to take any meaningful action to ensure all Texans can access affordable health insurance coverage.
CMS Rule Goes Against Congressional Intent and Risks Stripping Emergency Medicaid Coverage Guarantees
CMS issued an interim final rule allowing states to terminate coverage for certain individuals, reclassify coverage into tiers, and eliminate optional Medicaid benefits while still receiving the 6.2% increase in FMAP.