Comments on OMB’s Poverty Line Calculation Proposal
Directive No. 14, “Consumer Inflation Measures Produced by Federal Statistical Agencies” Download Document (PDF)
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Policy and Advocacy
Medicare For All and the HCH Community
“Medicare For All” as the best approach: We support universal access to a national health plan financed through a single entity and believe the existing Medicare program is the best vehicle to achieve that goal. Download Document (PDF)
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Medication-Assisted Treatment in the HCH Community: Strategies for Expanding Services
Webinar Slides(PDF) NHCHC MAT Policy Brief(PDF) Project HOPE Medication First Model(PDF) Project HOPE Addiction Laguage Guide(PDF) Buprenorphine Research on New Approaches article(PDF) While Health Care for the Homeless programs serve only 4% of all health center patients nationally, they are responsible for serving nearly 40% of all patients receiving medication-assisted treatment (MAT). Patient need
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Congressional Budget Office:Key Design Components and Considerations for Establishing a Single-Payer Health Care System
This report describes the primary features of single-payer systems, and it discusses some of the design considerations and choices that policymakers will face in developing proposals for establishing such a system in the United States. Download Document (Link)
Read our Statement: Medicare For All & the HCH Community
“Medicare For All” as the best approach: We support universal access to a national health plan financed through a single entity and believe the existing Medicare program is the best vehicle to achieve that goal. To accomplish this, the current Medicare program must expand covered services and increase reimbursements to make a holistic system of
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Health, Homelessness, and Racial Disparities
What we know about Racism and Homelessness Download Document (PDF)
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Policy Brief: Medical Respite Care Programs & the IHI Triple Aim Framework
The Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) developed the Triple Aim framework as a way of simultaneously improving the patient care experience, improving the health of the population, and reducing the per capita cost of health care.1, 2 This framework is increasingly being used as the guidepost for health care systems seeking to transform their service
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Policy Brief: Addressing the Opioid Crisis: Medication-Assisted Treatment at Health Care for the Homeless Programs
Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) programs, a subset of community health centers that receive special populations funding to address the specific needs of vulnerable and medically complex patients, play a significant role in addressing the opioid epidemic by providing medication-assisted treatment (MAT). MAT, which combines one of three medications (methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone) with