While the term health equity is used widely, a common understanding of what it means is lacking. What is health equity? In a report designed to increase consensus around meaning of health equity, the ...

A series of policy briefs include evidence-based recommendations to help people through the immediate health and economic crises and longer-term recommendations to ensure a fair and just opportunity ...

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

For communities and their residents to recover fully and fairly from COVID-19, state and local leaders should consider five health equity principles in designing and implementing their responses.

Busting the stereotype of men as breadwinners and women as caregivers benefits families and our economy. New research reveals conditions and supports needed for men to fulfill their caregiver roles.

One year after implementation of the No Surprises Act (NSA), the law is largely protecting consumers from the most pervasive forms of surprise billing, but remaining gaps leave some patients with ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits did not cover the cost of a modestly priced meal in 98% of U.S. counties last year. In the last quarter of 2023, a 53-cent gap remained ...

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.

RWJF announced the nine communities chosen to receive the 2023 Culture of Health Prize. The Prize celebrates communities across the country where community members and organizations are collaborating ...

Home is where the heart is, but it’s also where our health is. The quality and stability of our homes shape our health, our communities, and our society. When we live in safe, quality homes that are: ...

Healthcare spending in the United States would decline by $797 billion over the next decade under the congressional spending bill passed by the House of Representatives.

A brief provides background on federal and state paid family leave policies (PFL), highlights domestic and international research that shows PFL provides a range of benefits, and lays out principles ...