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Celebrating AA and NHPI Heritage Month: Interview with Erika Moritsugu

Health Care Equity and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) – Sinsi Hernández-Cancio on the “Spotlight on Action” podcast

Vice President of Health Justice Sinsi Hernández-Cancio was a guest on Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network’s Spotlight on Action podcast to talk about moving the health care system towards one that effectively cares for every single person in this country – with dignity, excellence and respect.

Celebrating AA and NHPI Heritage Month: Interview with Erika Moritsugu

Dobbs v. Jackson WHO – What now?

We knew this was coming, but it doesn’t make it any easier.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Whole Women’s Health Organization reversed a nearly 50-year legal precedent established in Roe v. Wade: that abortion is a fundamental constitutional right. The Court in Dobbs upheld the Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks, and ruled that states have the right to restrict or ban abortion access entirely.

Celebrating AA and NHPI Heritage Month: Interview with Erika Moritsugu

Celebrating Black Maternal Health Week 2022

Black Maternal Health Week was created to raise awareness of the root causes of poor maternal health outcomes for Black women and to inspire activism in support of Black-led maternal health initiatives. Founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, the goals of Black Maternal Health Week are to: Deepen the national conversation about Black maternal health in the US…

Celebrating AA and NHPI Heritage Month: Interview with Erika Moritsugu

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is eminently qualified, and the Senate needs to confirm her quickly and fairly.

Judge Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court and the second woman of color. She’s eminently qualified. Her voice and ability to bring her unique lived experience into her opinions will be key to upholding equal justice principles and pushing back on unfairness in the Court’s decisions.

D.C. Workers Deserve Stronger Paid Leave

D.C. Workers Deserve Stronger Paid Leave

Black and brown people in D.C. have seen some of the worst racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths and vaccinations in the country. At the same time, the national economic fallout of the pandemic hit communities of color the hardest: people of color, particularly women, disproportionately worked in industries hit by pandemic-related closures, layoffs and reduced hours. And that is on top of the longstanding health and economic racial disparities that already existed before the pandemic.

D.C. Workers Deserve Stronger Paid Leave

What Is an LGBTQ Issue?

Last week, the United States celebrated a massive victory for LGBTQ people: a Supreme Court decision that determined LGBTQ people are protected under federal law against employment discrimination. Before the ruling, seventeen states had no laws against employment discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation, and eleven states had laws that only partially protected some employees. The court’s decision marks such a sweeping victory that it rivals same-sex marriage legalization in the benefit it will have to LGBTQ people in the United States.

Celebrating AA and NHPI Heritage Month: Interview with Erika Moritsugu

Scarier than your worst 90’s outfit

Throwback Thursday (#TBT) is usually a lighthearted way to show off your best (or worst) 90’s outfit or that funny picture of you as a toddler – but today’s #TBT is not nearly so amusing. Right now, extremists in Congress are working to undermine women’s health and access to care by repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Celebrating AA and NHPI Heritage Month: Interview with Erika Moritsugu

Worse than Your Embarrassing Prom Photo

While you may not be able to prevent an embarrassing prom photo from popping up on Facebook today (#TBT), thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), many women are able to access basic preventive health care services that were previously out of reach. At least for now.

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