Policy & Practice

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

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.

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.

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

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?

Without access to diapers, both parents and children face health risks.

Study finds overdose rates doubled in neighborhoods following police raids. Disruptions to safer drug supply lines could play a role.

If more police are wearing body cameras, doctors and nurses should, too.

Forced treatment doesn't work. It's time for health leaders to invest in better alternatives.

Anti-abortion groups are pushing for state control over reproductive health. We need a new vision in order to respond.