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Two New Briefs Show Medical Respite Moving into Mainstream Medicaid

January 25, 2024

By Barbara DiPietro, PhD, Senior Director of Policy I’m excited to share two new issue briefs that focus on the role of Medicaid in paying for medical respite care. Our first brief — Status of State-Level Medicaid Benefits for Medical Respite Care — provides a current snapshot of the state-level Medicaid activity related to medical respite care. The […]

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The Power of Love — The HCH Community’s Greatest Advocacy Tool

December 21, 2023

By Barbara DiPietro, PhD, Senior Director of Policy “If all public policy was created in the spirit of love, we would not have to worry about unemployment, homelessness, schools failing to teach children, or addiction.” — bell hooks, All About Love (2021) Especially challenging times are upon us. Next year will be a difficult one

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‘Pray for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for the Living’

November 30, 2023

By Barbara DiPietro, PhD, Senior Director of Policy When Mother Jones — a fierce labor and union organizer — said this in 1902 she was fighting to improve the lives of miners and silk mill workers. Now, more than 120 years later, I borrow her words for our current struggle to end homelessness. Pray for the Dead…

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Meet Etel Haxhiaj, Our New Senior Policy Manager

October 26, 2023

Etel Haxhiaj is the National HCH Council’s new Senior Policy Manager! Etel will be taking over production of our monthly Mobilizer newsletter, staffing our Policy Committee, leading our Congressional relations, and managing a number of our advocacy initiatives. Let’s get to know Etel a little better through the interview below: What have you learned from

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Reversing Progress on Poverty

September 28, 2023

The U.S. Census Bureau released its annual report on income, poverty, and health insurance. It doesn’t look good.

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Actually, some good things are happening too!

July 27, 2023

By Barbara DiPietro, PhD, Senior Director of Policy It’s summer and it’s hot, so let’s take a break from the usual focus on the things that are killing us (literally and figuratively) and instead focus on three things happening in the Medicaid space that are advancing life-affirming policies! 1. New Code for Street Medicine It’ll soon be

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More on Murder #2: Deaths by Policy — Maternal Mortality

June 29, 2023

by Barbara DiPietro, PhD, NHCHC Senior Director of Policy Last month, I reflected on the death of Jordan Neely in New York City and how our society kills people three different ways: through direct physical violence (Murder #1), through indirect policy violence (Murder #2), and through silent ascent violence (Murder #3). This month, I’m struck

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Three Kinds of Murder…

June 1, 2023

By Barbara DiPietro, PhD, Senior Director of Policy I can’t stop thinking about Jordan Neely—who was killed by another rider on a New York City subway car in the middle of the day on May 1 in full view of others. One witness joined in the killing, while others stood by and filmed it. No

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