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Health Equity by Design: Lessons from International Health Policy Programming

Health Equity by Design: Lessons from International Health Policy Programming This year, AcademyHealth and the Commonwealth Fund invited a group of early-career scholars to...

Health equity is a social justice issue

Health equity can sometimes be discussed in terms of access, but at its core, it is a social justice issue. It reflects who has been systematically excluded from the conditions tha...

Why True Health Equity Requires More Than Just Medicine

— High-quality healthcare often feels like a gated community. The wealthiest patients access cutting-edge preventative treatments, while working-class neighborhoods are left to man...

Vive Concierge Co-Founder Dwayne Hall's Health Equity Work Advances in Sweeping 2026 Senate Bill

Core protections from the Equal Health Care for All Act, which Hall helped conceptualize and advance, are incorporated into the Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026

NAACP Launches Health Equity Map That Tracks How Race And Zip Codes Impact Quality Of Life

Where you live can determine how quickly you reach a hospital, whether fresh food is within easy reach, and even the quality of the water coming from your tap. Now,...

Understanding the Digital Health Divide’s Role in Healthcare Access

As quickly expanding digital healthcare technologies promise to improve access and outcomes, many people face the risk of being left out.  Underserved populations, including geogra...

Are Provincial Health Systems Stacked Against New Immigrants? Data, Including a New Study, Suggest the Answer May Be Yes

Do immigrants wait longer for healthcare? New research reveals unequal healthcare access for immigrants across Canada. The post Are Provincial Health Systems Stacked Against New Im...

Health leaders gather in Oxford to discuss tackling inequality

Health leaders gathered in Oxford at Unipart House on July 10 to share progress and strengthen collaboration.

Beyond Aid: What Developed Health Systems Can Learn from Resource-Constrained Innovation

Beyond Aid: What Developed Health Systems Can Learn from Resource-Constrained Innovation This year, AcademyHealth and the Commonwealth Fund invited a group of early-career...

A South Sudan doctor on the AI health equity gap

My LinkedIn feed has been flooded with discussion about a recent Nature Medicine study showing that general-purpose large language models outperform specialized clinical AI tools o...

HealthEquity’s (HQY) Health Savings Engine Hits A New Gear

The same maternal inequity, from Ecuador to America

“I want my mom.” I still remember hearing those words from a twelve-year-old pregnant patient during my internship at a public maternity hospital in Quito, Ecuador. She had become...

Caring For Your Health

By Eve Weston With Medicaid cuts on the horizon, a rising cost of insurance premiums and a lack of access to primary care, it’s easy … Continue reading →

The Newest Federally Recognized Tribe Wants Better Healthcare. It May Be On Its Own.

North Carolina's Robeson County, where most of the tribe’s citizens live, ranks as one of the worst counties in the U.S. for health disparities. After securing federal recognition,...

How telehealth is helping close the healthcare gap in rural Zimbabwe 

Nyazura, Zimbabwe – Bright fluorescent lights reflect off polished floors as Anymore Kadzunge returns for a routine ch...

Critical Public Health: Fiscal Reform Under the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and It’s Public Health Implications

The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ is framed by its proponents as the largest middle-class tax cut in U.S. history and a catalyst for economic growth. Yet, beneath the marketing of ‘jobs...

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Cost Crisis in Women’s Healthcare

Women have to navigate the fragmented system with very little support, coordinating between providers and often interpreting conflicting guidance. The post Hidden in Plain Sight:...

My Wish For Better Care For Americans Living in Rural Areas

A letter to Medicaid Directors, State Leaders, and other invested collaborators who were awarded Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Grant funding. The post My Wish For Better Care F...

Social determinants of health hide in plain sight

A fifteen-year-old boy arrived at the hospital after what appeared to be a generalized seizure. The story seemed straightforward. Witnesses described loss of consciousness, convuls...

Private equity is billing patients to the bone

Nearly half of American adults say health care is difficult to afford, and about one-third have skipped or postponed care because of the cost, according to KFF polling. Even insure...

The middle-income health trap

In the lexicon of development, few words sound as reassuring as “graduation,” which suggests progress past critical milestones and an escape from dependency. In global health, howe...

New report reveals barriers to health care access in Houston and Harris County

A new report from city and county health leaders revealed the biggest challenges keeping people in Houston and Harris County from getting the health care they need.

Ensuring Timely Medical Care: The Importance of Local Urgent Care Centers

Immediate access to medical care is vital for families, particularly in emergencies. Springfield, NJ, offers access to urgent care through Care Station Medical Group, which address...

Public Health Improvements Stall Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown

80 communities across the country saw funding stripped as priorities shifted in Donald Trump’s second presidency. The post Public Health Improvements Stall Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdo...