On October 16, CMS approved Section 1115 demonstration amendments in four states—Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Oregon—to authorize Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage of traditional American Indian/Alaska Native health care practices.

Long-standing structural racism and related health inequities experienced by people of color further laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic have mobilized many state leaders to take action on health equity.

Since December 2020, the United States has administered more than 330 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, with 163 million people, or 49 percent of the population, completing a full vaccine series.

Across states, Black and Latino(a) people have received smaller shares of COVID-19 vaccines compared to their shares of the total population, despite experiencing disproportionately higher rates of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

Manatt Health's recent "Strategies for States to Drive Equitable Vaccine Distribution and Administration" report, prepared in partnership with Families USA and Health Equity Solutions, was featured in PatientEngagementHIT and InsideHealthPolicy. This report outlines key barriers ...

Manatt Health partner Cindy Mann and manager Nina Punukollu co-authored a blog post on Utah’s Medicaid expansion for the Commonwealth Fund’s To The Point blog.