Paying the Price: How Medical Debt Disproportionately Hurts People with Disabilities
Authors: Dr. Brandon G. Wilson and Colin Killick We live in a nation of tremendous innovation and wealth and yet our health system continues to prioritize profits over people’s health…
Vice President Harris’ Historic And Game-Changing Home Health Care Plan
Last week, Vice President Kamala Harris proposed a historic new “Medicare at Home” benefit to help families with caregiving needs. Under her plan, Medicare will cover home care for the…
The Biden administration has smartly made tackling junk fees – from banks to hotels to live entertainment to rental housing to cable – a priority. Last fall, standing in the…
Did ARPA Investments in Home and Community-Based Services Reach Those Who Needed it Most?
Every year, millions of people choose to live independently and receive care services in their homes and communities; opting for this over moving to a care facility or institution. For…
It is personally difficult for me to believe that the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) – President Biden’s trillion-dollar spending package to alleviate some of the chaos COVID-19 inflicted on…
Community Power: Collective Impact for Transformative Change
Community leaders working to mobilize and build power locally and across their state came together in this plenary focused on community-driven health justice strategies. The panelists discussed their work to…
Power Moves Throughout the Health Justice Landscape
Afua Atta-Mensah of Community Change leads a discussion with a group of panelists working on a diverse set of issues that probe the nature of power building, inside/outside strategies for…
Nothing for US, Without US: Shifting Power by Centering People Most Impacted by Health Inequities
A powerful session featuring trailblazers at the forefront of health justice. Their lived experiences drive their work to center communities directly impacted by health inequity. These activists and organizers describe…
Health as a Right for All: A Keynote Address from the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra
Drawing from his years of experience as an advocate for health equity, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra delivered a keynote address about the meaning of health…
A Perspective on Hispanic and Latinx Identity in the Movement for Health Justice
Words are powerful. The words we use to reflect our identity can be the difference between a limited understanding of our history or a rich complexity of our culture, history,…