Four million Americans will lose health coverage if Congress lets healthcare tax credits established during the pandemic expire. These enhanced premium tax credits, which have significantly lowered out-of-pocket costs for millions of Americans, are set to expire at the end of 2025. A new analysis and interactive data simulation from researchers at Urban Institute shows how the expiration would affect people of different income levels, ages, races, and ethnicities. The impact would be felt most by communities who already experience less access to health insurance, including Black and Hispanic communities and people in states that haven’t adopted expanded Medicaid eligibility. This will make transitions to new coverage more difficult. Mississippi is projected to experience the largest increase in uninsured residents followed by Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Tennessee. • Analysis: https://lnkd.in/eQmmrymy • Interactive: https://lnkd.in/gx7a9qvf • In the News: https://lnkd.in/gE-P4BMa
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RWJF is a leading national philanthropy dedicated to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime. Through funding, convening, advocacy, and evidence-building, we work side-by-side with communities, practitioners, and institutions to get to health equity faster and pave the way, together, to a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.
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Creating a world where health is a right—not a privilege—begins with transforming how we understand and tackle health challenges. At RWJF, we are transforming the health science knowledge system—the system that drives how research is produced, shared, and used—to ensure it truly serves everyone. Our vision is bold: ➕ A system rooted in equity and justice. ➕ A system that breaks down the wide-ranging barriers to health. ➕ A system where knowledge is co-created with communities and diverse ways of knowing—cultural, experiential, and community knowledge—are valued alongside academic and biomedical research. By making research inclusive, transparent, and community-driven, we can ensure that health decisions are informed by evidence that reflects the wisdom, experiences and needs of everyone. Together we can create a health science knowledge system that works for all. Explore our vision.
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Extending ACA subsidies will help 4 million people keep their healthcare and reduce costs for millions more. Black and Latino people and families with lower incomes experienced the greatest gains in health coverage thanks to these subsidies. But subsides are set to expire after 2025, which could reverse the progress made in reducing the uninsured rate to historic lows. I hope Congress does right by the American people and makes the ACA subsidies permanent to give families the stability they deserve. https://lnkd.in/eS_Q9f9P
Premium Tax Credit Improvements Must Be Extended to Prevent Steep Rise in Health Care Costs | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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I’m excited to share that Well-being and Equity (WE) in the World is leading a new initiative with support from RWJF called Just Leaders for a Just Health System (JUSTICE SQUARED). They are now accepting proposals for this two-year program that provides leaders with the tools, community support, and resources to advance racially just healthcare. This incredible opportunity will promote collaboration among community partners and healthcare organizations, shared responsibility and power, and accountability to communities most harmed by inequities. Selected teams will receive hands-on guidance from experts in racial justice and systems change as they work together to make organizational policies and practices more equitable. January 15, 2025 is the due date for Phase 1 proposals. Learn more today and prepare to apply for this unique opportunity to engage in transforming our healthcare system to one that is grounded in justice. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gUCrpcer Watch this video to hear more about the “why” behind the program with features from me and other members of the project team: https://lnkd.in/gbxdNbFq #HealthLeadership #CallForProposals #RWJF #AdvancingEquity
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At RWJF we believe that together we can rebuild systems so they work for us all, creating a future where health is no longer a privilege but a right. That includes ensuring that all people have access to nutritious, affordable food. RWJF’s new State of Childhood Obesity report explores how building more just and equitable food systems can help to improve health and nutrition outcomes for all children and families—and why community-led efforts to transform systems are so important. Hear from one of those community leaders, Vital Village Networks Community Food Systems Fellow Bilal Walker, in this perspective about supporting residents in Newark, NJ—and explore the rest of the report!
In Newark, NJ, Residents Nurture Health From the Ground Up - State of Childhood Obesity
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Our commitment to health equity requires a commitment to the issues affecting the health and lives of transgender people. J. Michael White shares how RWJF is integrating a gender-expansive equity lens into our work and investing in the needs and leadership of trans people and their families. A more equitable system that honors trans people creates a better future for everyone.
Our Commitment to Health Equity Requires Investing in Trans Leadership
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Having worked in medicine and public health for more than 30 years, including as a pediatrician in community clinics, I’ve learned a simple truth: lifting barriers to health and wellbeing for families must be a priority in this country. To fix the nation’s many broken systems – especially healthcare systems – we must work together to lift barriers such as structural racism through advocacy for patients like Lauren Smith shared, when she stepped in to help a patient to get the care she needed after surgery. This story likely resonates with many healthcare workers who recognize their power to remove barriers to health for their patients. Individual efforts like these can have meaningful effects on patient outcomes, but only collective action through sustained commitment to a future where health is a right for all will lead to the transformation we seek. That requires supporting initiatives and partnerships that reimagine how healthcare systems can better serve everyone.
What if Our Systems Actually Served ALL of Us
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Today, I am so excited to announce the release of “What Gives Us Hope: 20 Years of Shared Impact for Kids' Health,” RWJF’s annual State of Childhood Obesity report! This report would not have been possible without the contributions of our many incredible partners and grantees like the New Jersey Food Security Initiative, the National Farm to School Network, the Food Research & Action Center, and Dr. Gail C. Christopher who shared their expertise on a host of issues impacting health equity and food security for all children. Explore the research and dive into our experts’ perspectives: https://bit.ly/4gfcoXs
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Have new challenges or barriers emerged in your work? We want to hear from you again as we look ahead to 2025. Last month, RWJF President and CEO Dr. Rich Besser shared a letter to RWJF grantees and partners reinforcing our unwavering commitment to work in partnership with others toward a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right. "No matter what comes," Rich shared, "we will face it together." Since then, nominations for numerous key positions in public health have been announced that will influence whether quality health insurance coverage, safer foods and lifesaving vaccines will be widely available or undermined. We polled our LinkedIn community on the biggest challenges facing public health and our mission to center equity before the election cycle. You shared that the biggest barrier was sustainable funding (41%) followed by trust and misinformation (37%). Help us better understand if your priorities will be shifting in the new year. What should be our highest priority for shoring up public health in America? If you have additional ideas for what could serve you better, drop them in the comments! #PublicHealth #HealthEquity #Healthcare
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