Policy and Advocacy

Health Centers Improve Health Outcomes with Medical Respite Care

Community health centers [also known as federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), or simply health centers] are the backbone of the healthcare safety net. Not only do health centers have a fundamental mission to deliver comprehensive primary care with integrated access to behavioral health, dental care, and supportive services (case management, outreach, etc.), but they also […]

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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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Congressional Budget Office:Economic Effects of Five Illustrative Single-Payer Health Care Systems: Working Paper 2022-02

This paper builds on previous studies published by the Congressional Budget Office about single-payer health care systems. It uses a general-equilibrium, overlapping-generations model to analyze the economic and distributional implications of five illustrative single-payer health care systems. The systems vary by their payment rates to providers, degree of cost sharing, and inclusion of benefits for

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