Policy and Advocacy

National Academy of Sciences:Universal healthcare as pandemic preparedness: The lives and costs that could have been saved during the COVID-19 pandemic

he fragmented and inefficient healthcare system in the United States leads to many preventable deaths and unnecessary costs every year. Universal healthcare could have alleviated the mortality caused by a confluence of negative COVID-related factors. Incorporating the demography of the uninsured with age-specific COVID-19 and nonpandemic mortality, we estimated that a single-payer universal healthcare system […]

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Policy Brief: Health Centers Improve Health Outcomes with Medical Respite Care

The purpose of this issue brief is to describe medical respite care programs, illustrate how health centers can fulfill mission and add value to their community by adding a medical respite care program, outline both the advantages and challenges to such an expansion, and offer action steps for health centers to consider. Download Document (PDF)

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Fact sheet: “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act” A Summary for the HCH Community

On June 25, 2022, The President signed into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first major piece of gun legislation since the 1994 Gun Violence Prevention Act. While the law covers domestic violence offenders, expanded background checks, and red flag laws, it also increases funding for mental health services, school safety, crisis intervention programs,

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When Everyone Benefits: Exploring the Roles of Health Care Providers in Law Enforcement Reform, Crisis Assistance, and Public Policy on Unsheltered Homelessness

Webinar Slides Breakout Session 1B – Coping with Moral Injury Breakout Session 1D – Sobering Centers Breakout Session 2A – Crisis Assistance II Breakout Session 2C – Street Medicine and Law Enforcement   The National Health Care for the Homeless Council, the Street Medicicne Institute and the National Homelessness Law Center invite you to a

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