health reform

Affordable Care Act: What Native Youth Need To Know Toolkit

November 15, 2016

With the passing the Affordable Care Act, American Indian and Alaska Native individuals (AI/AN) received unprecedented access health care systems. Special benefits and protections specifically codified for improved access to quality healthcare systems were put in place for AI/AN’s. The National Indian Health Board works daily with a variety of...
The Importance of Medicaid Coverage for Criminal Justice Involved Individuals Reentering Their Communities

June 16, 2016

The purpose of this issue brief is to highlight the importance of health insurance coverage for criminal justice involved individuals, particularly the importance of the expansion in Medicaid coverage made available through the Affordable Care Act. This issue brief explains why Medicaid and access to the health benefits the program...
Achieving Health Equity via the Affordable Care Act: Promises, Provisions, and Making Reform a Reality for Diverse Patients

January 15, 2016

Since its creation by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2007, the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities has been fostering dialogue on racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care, examining the development of programs and strategies to reduce disparities, and...
Lifelong Disparities among Older American Indians and Alaska Natives

December 16, 2015

The rapidly growing number of older American Indians and Alaska Natives warrants the attention of researchers, policy makers, and service providers. This report uses American Community Survey data to provide a national overview of the sociodemographic characteristics of this growing population. American Indians and Alaska Natives ages 50 and over...
2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Chartbook on Health Care for Hispanics

December 2, 2015

This Hispanic Health Care chartbook is part of a family of documents and tools that support the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR). The QDR includes annual reports to Congress mandated in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-129). This chartbook includes a summary of trends...
Blueprint For a Better America: Ensuring Our Immigration System Advances the Health and Well-Being of Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and All Immigrants

October 26, 2015

As the country continues to grow and prosper, the participation and progress of our nation’s nearly 20 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are crucial to the health and welfare of the nation as a whole. Over the past decade, more immigrants have come to the U.S. from Asia...
Opportunities to Promote Children’s Behavioral Health: Health Care Reform and Beyond

October 14, 2015

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into law in 2010, has several provisions that could greatly improve the behavioral health of children and adolescents in the United States. It requires that many insurance plans cover mental health and substance use disorder services, rehabilitative services to...
Health Insurance Disparities and the Affordable Care Act: Where Could Inequality Decline?

August 15, 2015

In 2014, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased access to health insurance for millions of Americans. Based on income, some people may receive subsidies and tax credits to buy insurance, while others may qualify for Medicaid in certain states. Could these changes help to reduce disparities in...
Improving Access to Coverage for Children with Special Health Care Needs in the Face of Health Inequities

April 1, 2015

This brief presents findings from interviews with family leadership organization staff in Colorado, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont about health insurance coverage and health care financing and the experiences of children with special health care needs (CSHCN), their families, and their communities. Topics include coverage and financing barriers...
Affordable Care Act Enrollment Assistance for the LGBT Community

January 28, 2015

This toolkit is designed to increase provider awareness of issues that particularly affect the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population, provide information on key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, provide information specific to enrollment for LGBT communities, and offer resources to support LGBT individuals who have questions or are ready to...

health reform

Affordable Care Act: What Native Youth Need To Know Toolkit

The Importance of Medicaid Coverage for Criminal Justice Involved Individuals Reentering Their Communities

Achieving Health Equity via the Affordable Care Act: Promises, Provisions, and Making Reform a Reality for Diverse Patients

Lifelong Disparities among Older American Indians and Alaska Natives

2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Chartbook on Health Care for Hispanics

Blueprint For a Better America: Ensuring Our Immigration System Advances the Health and Well-Being of Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and All Immigrants

Opportunities to Promote Children’s Behavioral Health: Health Care Reform and Beyond

Health Insurance Disparities and the Affordable Care Act: Where Could Inequality Decline?

Improving Access to Coverage for Children with Special Health Care Needs in the Face of Health Inequities

Affordable Care Act Enrollment Assistance for the LGBT Community

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