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Strengthening Health

Web ResultStrengthening public health infrastructure. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed inequities and existing weaknesses in the United States’ public health

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Fact Sheet: Top 10 Ways To Improve Health and Health Equity

Web ResultReduce the carbon emissions of the health care sector and prepare it to respond to the health impacts of climate change. 5. Reduce poverty and …

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Top 10 Ways To Improve Health and Health Equity

Web ResultFrom 2019 to 2020, life expectancy in the United States declined by 1.5 years, reaching its lowest level since 2003. 1 It fell yet again in 2021. 2 In fact, …

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Fact Sheet: How Investing in Public Health Will Strengthen …

Web ResultThe federal, state, and local agencies and departments that comprise the U.S. public health system are dedicated to disease prevention and health …

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Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity

Web Result4 Center for American Progress | Fact Sheet: Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity Chronic health conditions • In 2017, tuberculosis was 35 times more …

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How States Can Expand Health Care Access in Rural Communities

Web ResultWhile only 14 percent of Americans—almost 46 million people—live in rural areas, rural communities represent nearly two-thirds of primary care health …

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How State Health Care Cost Commissions Can Advance …

Web ResultFor decades, health expenditures in the United States have risen faster than the pace of economic growth, 1 tripling from 2000 to 2020. 2 In …

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How States Can Build on the ACA To Improve Affordability and …

Web ResultThe health care portions of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) include the first-ever federal expansion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). 1 The law …

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Medicare 2.0: Comprehensive Reform To Strengthen America’s …

Web ResultTraditional Medicare does not currently cover long-term services and supports. Although MA was granted new flexibility to cover in-home support …

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A Strong Start in Life: How Public Health Policies Affect the Well

Web ResultThe COVID-19 pandemic has revealed fissures in many of the core support systems in the United States, and though it has had broad impacts on …

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How Nonprofit Hospitals Can Support Communities and Advance …

Web ResultHospitals, critical providers of essential care throughout the pandemic, can serve an influential role in bolstering health equity and population …

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Measuring the Health Outcomes of Social, Economic, and …

Web ResultDecades of research have proved that the social and economic conditions in which people live—and the policies that shape those living …

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Build Back Better by Advancing Better Health, Equity, Family Well …

Web ResultThe COVID-19 pandemic has jeopardized Americans’ health and economic well-being, with the greatest impacts on women, communities of color, …

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Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity

Web ResultHealth coverage. In 2017, 16.1 percent of Hispanics were uninsured compared with 5.9 percent of non-Hispanic whites. 16. 83.9 percent of Hispanics had health care …

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Fact Sheet: Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity

Web ResultTen percent of Hispanics of all ages report they are in fair or poor health. A total of 37.9 percent of Latinos age 20 and over were obese in 2008. …

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Fact Sheet: Protecting and Advancing Health Care for Transgender …

Web ResultDiscrimination, violence, and stigma, along with other social determinants of health, 1 significantly affect the physical, mental, and behavioral …

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Climate-Resilient Health Care Promotes Public Health, Equity, and

Web ResultHealth care providers are on the front lines in responding to extreme weather events. Providers must respond to the increased physical and mental …

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The Nation Can’t Afford Further Backsliding on Public Health

Web ResultJill Rosenthal writes in Governing about the need to protect the nation's public health by holding firm to scientifically proven, successful disease …

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Less Coverage and Higher Costs: The Trump’s Administration’s …

Web ResultThe increase in the number of uninsured people over the past few years (see Figure 1) is the product of Trump administration policies aimed at …

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Federal Solutions To Address Rising Costs of Employer-Sponsored

Web ResultIn 2022, 92 percent of Americans had some form of health insurance, with nearly half of this coverage obtained through an employer. 1 While a vital …

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5 Ways To Improve Maternal Health by Addressing the Climate Crisis

Web ResultIn recognition of Earth Day, this issue brief presents five policy recommendations that would improve maternal health by addressing the effects …

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How the Biden Administration Is Fighting for Clean Air and Water

Web ResultThis new funding is part of the Biden administration’s Justice40 Initiative, 4 developed in partnership with environmental justice leaders and front …

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RELEASE: The Biden Administration’s Unprecedented Push for

Web ResultHow the Biden Administration Is Fighting for Clean Air and Water, Climate Protection, and Healthy Communities for All Report Mar 25, 2024

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Prevailing Wages: Frequently Asked Questions

Web ResultA prevailing wage is the basic hourly rate of wages and benefits paid to a number of similarly employed workers in a given geography. Policymakers …

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