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  1. Health coverage for older immigrants gains momentum, and more in this week’s roundup

    Thursday, Jul 29, 2021

    This week’s top health stories: Momentum grows to cover older immigrants, an ecosystem for serving refugees, reaching the unvaccinated, the children most at risk of being uninsured, and inequities in pain medication prescribing.

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  2. What it’s like to face health crises without insurance, and more in this week’s roundup

    Thursday, Jul 08, 2021

    Language-based disparities in access to health care are growing. Undocumented residents without health insurance live with fear and uncertainty. The disruptions to children’s education caused by the pandemic could have lifelong consequences for health. Black people are more likely to die in traffic accidents, and COVID made it worse.

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  3. Need health insurance? Now’s your chance

    Wednesday, Mar 10, 2021

    (Updated March 10)…

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  4. How school-based health centers adapted to the pandemic, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jan 29, 2021

    Is the state’s vaccine rollout leaving Black and Latino residents behind?
    Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, Kasturi Pananjady, and Jenna Carlesso, The…

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  5. REPORT: Two ways Connecticut can help residents afford health insurance

    Wednesday, Nov 18, 2020

    HARTFORD, Conn. (Nov. 18, 2020) – Connecticut can take action to expand affordable health care coverage options for low-income state residents who…

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  6. Picking a health plan isn’t easy for anyone, a survey for our readers, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Dec 13, 2019

    We are always looking to improve our weekly roundups. Please take a minute to fill out our brief…

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  7. Reducing medical costs through housing, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Nov 08, 2019

    HEALTH EQUITY

    ‘Culture Matters’: A video to combat health care disparities
    Annika…

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  8. How health care algorithms can amplify racial disparities, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Nov 01, 2019

    HEALTH EQUITY

    Racial bias in a medical algorithm favors white patients over sicker…

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  9. Does race determine what hospital you’re brought to in an emergency, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Sep 13, 2019

    HEALTH EQUITY

    In an emergency, where ambulances take patients differs by…

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  10. The lack of racial disparities in the military health care system, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Aug 16, 2019

    health disparities

    Where racial gaps in American health care melt away: Military insurance
    Carey Goldberg, WBUR, August 8
    Past research has found…

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