White Papers

12.21.21

Racism and Racial Inequities in Health

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare long-standing racial and ethnic health inequities and disparities across America, including in Massachusetts.




11.30.21

Assessing the Fiscal Impact of Medicaid Expansion in Mississippi

Viewed from a range of different measures, low-income residents of Mississippi are particularly disadvantaged with respect to access to health care, quality of care received, costs of care, health outcomes and income-based health care disparities.




11.23.21

Supporting the Future of Primary Care in California Through Aligned Hybrid Payment Models

The vision of primary care as the foundation for all health care is one shared by many who work in and around the U.S. health care system.




11.11.21

A League of Their Own: State Name, Image and Likeness Laws for Student-Athletes, and Deal Impacts

On July 1, 2021, more than 460,000 NCAA student-athletes across the United States became able to license and use their NIL to endorse commercial products and services, and receive compensation for doing so, without forfeiting their eligibility to compete in NCAA intercollegiate athletics.




11.09.21

Profile of Medicaid Enrollees With Sickle Cell Disease: A High Need, High Cost Population

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a progressively debilitating genetic condition that affects red blood cells and can result in a variety of serious medical complications, reduced life expectancy and diminished quality of life.




10.28.21

The End of the Public Health Emergency: Data and IT ‘Table Stakes’ for Retaining Coverage Gains

Following the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), states will resume normal eligibility and enrollment activities for all enrollees in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).




10.25.21

State Policy and IT System Strategies to Prepare for the Unwinding of the Public Health Emergency

Currently, states are maintaining continuous enrollment of all Medicaid enrollees as a condition of receiving enhanced federal funding under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.




10.21.21

Supporting Health Equity: State-Funded Affordable Coverage Programs for Immigrants

The crisis in immigrant health coverage has been both highlighted and exacerbated by the recent pandemic.




10.21.21

A Hybrid Funding and Coverage Model to Ensure Universal Access to Mobile Crisis Services

COVID-19, the resulting behavioral health crisis and calls for law enforcement reform related to the behavioral health crisis response have heightened the urgency among federal, state and local policymakers to expand access to behavioral health crisis services.




09.27.21

The Risk of Coverage Loss for Medicaid Beneficiaries as the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends

States are required to keep people enrolled in Medicaid throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency as a condition of receiving a temporary increase in the federal share of Medicaid costs.