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Father working from home while daughters homeschool

We value community wisdom and institutional knowledge, and our commitment to continuous learning allows us to listen and connect insights to chart a course to health equity—faster and together. Explore news, research, policy updates and thought leadership from experts within and outside RWJF, below.

Trending Topics

The landscape affecting the barriers to health equity is constantly shifting. Stay up to date as RWJF experts share their perspectives on timely news affecting our collective ability to get to a future where health equity is a reality.

Strengthening Medicaid should remain a national imperative

Perspective from Vice President of Policy Avenel Joseph
Read the op-ed in Route Fifty

The Promise and Peril of Being Transgender in America

Perspective from RWJF Executive Vice President Julie Morita and Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, National Center for Transgender Equality
Read their op-ed in U.S. News

Work requirements are a policy failure: Why are they still an option?

Perspective from Katherine Hempstead, Senior Policy Adviser
Read her op-ed in The Hill

Expert Insights

Sharing solutions and stories from communities across America, along with critical perspectives and the best available data and evidence that can inform progress toward a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.

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Guaranteeing Reproductive Justice for All

The vision of the Black women who founded the reproductive justice movement 31 years ago goes beyond policy—it calls for a cultural shift toward valuing the humanity of Black people.

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Child and Family Wellbeing Structural Racism
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How a Community is Turning Hope into Action to Reclaim Their Future

Residents transform their neighborhood as they root out structural racism and advance health equity.

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Public and Community Health Structural Racism
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The Road to Health Equity and Justice is Hard, Worth It, and Best Traversed Together

We have sometimes acted in ways that deepened the very inequities that we seek to undo. But we are listening, learning, and embracing new ways to do better.

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Health Disparities Structural Racism
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Our Research

We work to expand our nation's evidence base on what can help us achieve health equity faster and together. We recognize that equitable data collection and analysis is necessary to dismantle barriers to health equity.

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SNAP Boosts the Economy, Reduces Hunger, and Improves Health

Congress’ plan to cut SNAP would jeopardize the health, education, and future of millions of children and families. Expanding on recent improvements to SNAP, rather than rolling them back, would help families thrive.

1-min read

Economic Inclusion for Family Wellbeing Policy and Law Nutrition
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Migrant farm workers receive dental care at one of Hudson River Health Care's clinics in Walden, NY.

How Many Expansion Adults Could Lose Medicaid Under Federal Work Requirements?

More than 5 million adults could lose Medicaid coverage in 2026 if Congress enacts a work requirement in states that expanded their Medicaid programs.

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Healthcare Coverage and Access Policy and Law
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Percent Decline in Total Health Care Spending if All States Drop ACA Medicaid Expansion, by State graphic.

Hospital Revenue Losses And Increased Uncompensated Care If Medicaid Funding Is Cut

Cutting federal Medicaid funding provided to states that expanded their Medicaid program under the ACA could lead to substantial losses in revenue for healthcare providers and spikes in uncompensated care.

1-min read

Healthcare Coverage and Access Policy and Law
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Advocacy & Policy

We are committed to advancing the policies, practices, and systems changes that can dismantle structural barriers to wellbeing, especially racism. We take the long view and focus on efforts that have a lasting impact on systemic, generational change.

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A mother shops for produce with her son.

SNAP Boosts the Economy, Reduces Hunger, and Improves Health

Congress’ plan to cut SNAP would jeopardize the health, education, and future of millions of children and families. Expanding on recent improvements to SNAP, rather than rolling them back, would help families thrive.

1-min read

Economic Inclusion for Family Wellbeing Policy and Law Nutrition
Brief
Migrant farm workers receive dental care at one of Hudson River Health Care's clinics in Walden, NY.

How Many Expansion Adults Could Lose Medicaid Under Federal Work Requirements?

More than 5 million adults could lose Medicaid coverage in 2026 if Congress enacts a work requirement in states that expanded their Medicaid programs.

1-min read

Healthcare Coverage and Access Policy and Law
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Percent Decline in Total Health Care Spending if All States Drop ACA Medicaid Expansion, by State graphic.

Hospital Revenue Losses And Increased Uncompensated Care If Medicaid Funding Is Cut

Cutting federal Medicaid funding provided to states that expanded their Medicaid program under the ACA could lead to substantial losses in revenue for healthcare providers and spikes in uncompensated care.

1-min read

Healthcare Coverage and Access Policy and Law
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