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Quarterly Article
October 2024 Hector P. Rodriguez, SARAH D. EPSTEIN, Amanda L. Brewster, TIMOTHY T. BROWN, STACY CHEN, Salma Bibi,
Context: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA), a large commercial health insurer, is using financial incentives to advance equity of care… More
October 2024 ELIZABETH T. CHIN, YIRAN E. LIU, C. BRANDON OGBUNU, Sanjay Basu,
Context: As states expand prerelease and transition services for incarcerated individuals under the Medicaid Reentry Section 1115 Demonstration… More
October 2024 Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Marco Thimm-Kaiser, Adam Benzekri, Ruth S. Shim, Francis K. Amankwah, Sara Rosenbaum,
The United States Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc., v President and Fellows of Harvard College (SFFA) has had a major… More
Quarterly Opinion
September 2024 David Rosner, Gerald Markowitz,
The social and economic arrangements Americans have created and maintained have shaped patterns of disease occurrence, prevalence, distribution, and recovery over the course of the country’s history. More
August 2024 Thelma C. Hurd, Fay Cobb Payton, Darryl B. Hood,
Artificial intelligence is being embraced as the solution to mitigate differences in health and health outcomes. More
July 2024 Katrina M. Walsemann, Heide Jackson, Emily Abbruzzi, Jennifer A. Ailshire,
Federal and state investment in public schools may provide students with opportunities to develop important cognitive resources during schooling that translate into better cognitive function in later life, especially among marginalized populations. More
July 2024 Sara Rosenbaum, MaryBeth Musumeci,
New federal court decisions have delayed the implementation of new rules protecting health care for transgender people issued under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. More
June 2024 David H. Rehkopf,
Civil rights and health equity advocates in the allied fields of population health have worked for decades to get more funding and attention for… More
May 2024 Ninez A. Ponce, Riti Shimkhada, AJ Scheitler, Tara Becker, Susan Babey,
Data equity refers to the production and distribution of high-quality, inclusive, actionable, and accessible data. Improving data equity involves… More
April 2024 Paula M. Lantz, Emma Carter,
As of April 2024, approximately 250 local, state, and federal governmental entities have introduced bills, executive orders, and other policies that… More
