Immigrant Access to COVID-19 Vaccines: Key Issues to Consider
This brief provides an overview of key issues to consider for reaching noncitizen immigrants as part of COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
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Potential Health Policy Administrative Actions Under President Biden
Issue BriefThis brief outlines the potential health policy actions that President Biden could take using executive authority, based on campaign pledges, and actions that would reverse or modify regulations or guidance issued by the Trump Administration.
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Addressing Racial Equity in Vaccine Distribution
Issue BriefThis brief provides an overview of barriers to vaccination that disproportionately affect people of color and discusses how current national recommendations and state vaccine allocation plans address racial equity.
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COVID-19 Risks and Impacts Among Health Care Workers by Race/Ethnicity
Issue BriefThis analysis provides insight into COVID-19 risks and impacts among health care workers and how they vary by race and ethnicity.
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Medicaid Initiatives to Improve Maternal and Infant Health and Address Racial Disparities
Issue BriefThis brief provides a summary of Medicaid’s role for pregnant women and infants and current Medicaid initiatives to improve maternal and infant health.
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Hispanic People are Facing Widening Gaps in Health Coverage
Policy WatchNew analysis shows that, in 2019, the number of uninsured continued to increase for the third year in a row. Much of the coverage loss between 2018 and 2019 was among Hispanic people, and these data point to significant increased barriers to health care for Hispanic people.
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Loss of the Affordable Care Act Would Widen Racial Disparities in Health Coverage
Policy WatchIn November, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on a legal challenge that seeks to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This analysis shows that new coverage options under the ACA have contributed to large gains in coverage, particularly among people of color, helping to narrow longstanding racial disparities in health coverage.
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The Trump Administration’s Final Rule on Section 1557 Non-Discrimination Regulations Under the ACA and Current Status
Issue BriefSection 1557 of the Affordable Care Act prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability in health programs and activities receiving federal funds. Here are the significant ways HHS's final rule would narrow the scope of this regulation.
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COVID-19 Racial Disparities in Testing, Infection, Hospitalization, and Death: Analysis of Epic Patient Data
Issue BriefThis analysis builds on a continually growing body of research on racial disparities in COVID-19 by examining testing, infection, hospitalization, and death by race and ethnicity among patients in the Epic health record system.
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Racial Disparities in Flu Vaccination: Implications for COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts
Policy WatchWith planning beginning for an eventual COVID-19 vaccine, one important consideration is making sure that distribution processes and outreach and communication strategies reach people of color. Analysis of seasonal flu vaccination rates provides some insight into the potential barriers and issues to be addressed as part of COVID-19 vaccination efforts.