Health Policy & Management Archives

Illustration: Circles move on a series of red, yellow, black, blue and green paths, the colors of the South African flag.

Feature

The path to universal access

South Africa is committed to single-payer health care, but achieving it won’t be easy.

By Andrew Green October 2, 2023

Photo collage: a sunburst pattern has a photo of a bill being signed at center. Four photos are interspersed through the colorful sunbeams. L-R: Middle aged Latina woman smiling, young Latina woman smiling, young Latina woman wearing a “Health Care 4 All” t-shirt speaks in front of a microphone at a protest, and a medical worker wearing a grey sweater and blue mask speaks to a patient off-camera.

Feature

California takes a major step toward universal coverage

California is about to give insurance coverage to every low-income resident, documented or not.

By Pilar Marrero September 25, 2023

A female carries a sign that reads "We are working people, not criminals; we are the ones who harvest the crops; Immokalee farm workers strong” in Spanish at a large gathering of migrant farm and other workers. She wears a pink t-shirt and brown sun hat. On her right is a teenager holding a hand-colored flag that is half Mexico, half United States. On the main figure’s right is a sign that reads “Say no to SB 1718.”

Feature

Florida law sows misinformation among immigrants about health care access

The law requires hospitals that accept Medicaid to ask for patients’ immigration status. It doesn’t require patients to answer.

By Julia Knoerr September 25, 2023

Illustration: Six different hands work to put together a puzzle in the shape of the state of Minnesota with the Medicaid caduceus at the center. The hands are different races and ages. The puzzle pieces are blue, pink, yellow and green.

Feature

Can Medicaid solve the “Minnesota Paradox?”

The state is one of the best places to live in terms of education, health, and quality of life—unless you’re Black. Minnesota Medicaid is trying to change that.

By Nathan Chomilo September 19, 2023

Feature

North Carolina’s radical Medicaid reinvention

Eighty percent of what affects our health happens outside of a medical setting. The state is investing $650 million to address the social drivers of health.

By Melba Newsome September 13, 2023

A black female healthcare worker visits a mother and son at their home. The healthcore worker checks his lungs with a stethoscope.

Opinion

Maternal mortality is soaring. Home visits might help.

Community health workers' visits made a difference, especially for Black mothers, in Michigan.

By Jeffrey Shahidullah September 12, 2023

Two elementary-aged children eat apples in a school cafeteria. They are wearing blue-polo shirts and there is a bright mural in the background.

Opinion

The free school lunch paradox

Studies from around the world show U.S.-supported free school meals improve health, education, and economic development. So why are they at risk of cuts back home?

By RC Sadoff September 5, 2023