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State Strategies to Improve Maternal Health and Promote Health Equity Compendium
This compendium provides information on strategies to improve maternal health outcomes and synthesizes research about the national state-of-play, including state examples, across four domains to support policymakers in improving maternal health. (Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity - October 18, 2022 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Boozang P Tags: Healthcare Coverage and Access Health Disparities Child and Family Wellbeing Source Type: news

Cost-Sharing for Mental Health Services and Primary Care in the Individual and Small Group Markets. Is it Always the Same?
Reducing cost-sharing barriers for all kinds of services and treating behavioral healthcare as primary care would promote better access and, hopefully, help to address the country’s mental health crisis. (Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity - October 17, 2022 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Hempstead, K Tags: Healthcare Quality and Value Healthcare Coverage and Access Source Type: news

The Blue Marble Gallery
is a virtual collection of works from changemakers in various continents, designed to inspire your journey toward health equity. (Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity - September 21, 2022 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news

Full-Year Health Insurance Coverage Increased for Nonelderly Adults in Medicaid Expansion States Between 2019 and 2022
Analyses assess changes between 2019 and 2022 in the share of adults ages 18 to 64 reporting they had continuous health insurance coverage for a full year. (Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity - September 9, 2022 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Karpman M Tags: Healthcare Coverage and Access Source Type: news

Learning from the World to Improve Health and Wellbeing: A Roadmap for Planning International Learning Exchanges
An interactive roadmap lays out six simple steps with practical ideas, worksheets, and tips to help you learn with communities around the world. (Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity - August 17, 2022 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Tags: Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Source Type: news

3.7 Million People Would Gain Health Coverage in 2023 If the Remaining 12 States Were to Expand Medicaid Eligibility
Researchers determine that if the current non-expansion states were to expand Medicaid eligibility, there would be a 29% reduction in the number of uninsured people. (Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity - August 3, 2022 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Buettgens M Tags: Healthcare Quality and Value Healthcare Coverage and Access National Source Type: news

Effect of the Reevaluated Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) and Emergency Allotments on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits and Poverty
Increases to the maximum SNAP benefit, coupled with pandemic-related emergency allotments, kept nearly 6.5 million people out of poverty. (Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity - August 1, 2022 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Wheaton L Tags: Child and Family Well-Being Source Type: news

How the Minimum Wage Affects the Health Insurance Coverage, Safety Net Program Participation, and Health of Low-Wage Workers and Their Families
Increases in the minimum wage are associated with better outcomes on a variety of health measures and could help improve the well-being of low-wage workers and their families. (Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity - July 29, 2022 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Blavin F Source Type: news

Many Adults with Lower Income Prefer Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments
Families with lower incomes expressed a clear preference for monthly payments of the child tax credit, something policymakers should keep in mind amid rising prices. (Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity - July 27, 2022 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Maag E Tags: Health Disparities Source Type: news

Free Preventive Services Improve Access to Care
Access to preventive services like cancer screenings, vaccinations, and contraception plays a key role in advancing public health. (Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity - July 22, 2022 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Skopec L Tags: Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Healthcare Coverage and Access Source Type: news

Marketplace Pulse: The Importance of Coverage in a Post-Dobbs World
Threats to coverage and reproductive freedom will deepen the inequities inherent in the post-Dobbs world, where low-income women, predominantly women of color, will be most likely to suffer the consequences. (Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity - July 20, 2022 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Hempstead, K Tags: Healthcare Coverage and Access Source Type: news

Advancing Health Equity in Rural America
This report offers recommendations to advance rural health equity. (Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity - June 21, 2022 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Braveman P Tags: Health Disparities Source Type: news

Adding an Out-of-Pocket Spending Limit to Traditional Medicare
Traditional Medicare does not have an out-of-pocket spending cap, unlike in Medicare Advantage and most commercial plans available to people under age 65. This can result in very high expenses for enrollees with significant health problems. (Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity - June 6, 2022 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Gangopadhyaya A Tags: Healthcare Coverage and Access Source Type: news

The Impact of Extreme Weather on Views about Climate Policy in the United States
This report examines serious problems facing U.S. households nationally who have recently experienced extreme weather events, as well as broader public experiences and perspectives on the climate crisis and related policies. (Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity - June 1, 2022 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health Tags: Public and Community Health Source Type: news

Lowering the Age of Medicare Eligibility to 60
Researchers find that lowering the age of Medicare eligibility would lead to small coverage gains and improve the overall affordability of health insurance at a high cost to the federal government. (Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF - Obesity and Childhood Obesity - June 1, 2022 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Holahan J Tags: Healthcare Quality and Value Healthcare Coverage and Access Source Type: news