WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29
PROGRAM # 9959 12:00 PM PT
“The Medicaid Cliff.”
Millions of people could lose health coverage when the COVID-19 public health emergency and access to Medicaid ends on April 1. US Representatives and civil rights leaders are calling on federal agencies to ensure no one is disenrolled, particularly children and people of color. What can Congress and the states do to help protect people from becoming uninsured?
Mitigating the Pandemic Hit. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the most African Americans, Latinos, other immigrant populations, groups who are at increased risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, which put them at higher risk of complications leading to death. How to mitigate the worst impact among Blacks and Latinos? A national public health network plans to work on this.
“Ready or Not” for Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism. A new report measures how ready are states to respond to a spectrum of health emergencies and provide ongoing public health services. After the US lost one million lives to Covid-19 and experienced a number of extreme weather-related disasters, advocates propose policies to invest more in public health infrastructure, emergency preparedness and health equity.
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