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During the pandemic, Harvard Chan School's Department of Health Policy and Management got creative with virtual programming to keep faculty, staff, and students feeling connected.
‘Public charge’ rule may discourage low-income families from getting health care
Trump administration immigration rules may be discouraging low-income families from getting health insurance, medical care, food benefits, or public housing, according to a new study from Harvard Chan School researchers.
Investigating how Asian Americans are getting health insurance
A new study offers detailed analysis of the relative roles of Medicaid versus private insurance in boosting rates of health insurance coverage for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Previous…
Coverage losses, substantial confusion in Arkansas following implementation of Medicaid work requirements
Thousands lost insurance coverage in the first six months after Medicaid work requirements were implemented, with no change in employment.
Number of uninsured Americans appears to be on the rise
Although the percentage of Americans without health insurance dropped after the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), new evidence suggests that it’s inching up again. Using new polling data, Gallup estimated that the uninsured rate for adults…
Affordable Care Act increased health insurance coverage, narrowed disparities for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders
Following the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, the rate of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders without health insurance dropped to 9%—a rate essentially equal to that of whites (8.8%).
Medicare program linked with reduced black-white disparities in hospital readmissions
For immediate release: April 2, 2018 Boston, MA – A Medicare program that penalizes hospitals for high readmission rates was associated with a narrowing of readmission disparities between black and white patients and between minority-serving hospitals and other…
Health insurance coverage trends during Trump Administration assessed
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers published an analysis of how health insurance coverage has changed under the Trump Administration in the March 15, 2018 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The authors, Benjamin…
Medicaid work requirement could lead to deaths
Under a new Trump Administration policy, states can now impose work requirements on able-bodied Medicaid beneficiaries. But critics of the plan say it could lead to deaths among lower-income people who don’t meet the requirement and are pushed…
Health insurance uncertainty could lead to poorer health, more deaths
Efforts by both President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have created uncertainty in health insurance markets—and ongoing problems for people who want health coverage. Amidst the President’s threats to repeal or…