New Report Supports State Medicaid Programs to Advance Health Justice

This week, our In Focus highlights the report, Advancing Health Justice Using Medicaid Data: Key Lessons from Minnesota for the Nation. This report was produced by AcademyHealth in partnership with the Disability Policy Consortium (DPC), a Massachusetts-based cross-disability advocacy and action research organization. The report was created in response to the disproportionate impact of COVID19 sickness and deaths on Americans who are Black, African American, Latinx, Native American, Asian, and other people of color; people with disabilities; and people subsisting on poverty-level income. Along with many others, including state Medicaid directors and governors, the authors of this paper believe that state Medicaid programs must address health inequities stemming from racism and discrimination.

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