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ASTHO Responds to House Ways and Means Request for Information on Improving Access to Health Care in Rural and Underserved Areas

Advocacy,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Elimination of Disparities,
Social Determinants of Health,
Rural Health,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Funding,
Healthcare Access,
Federal Government Affairs,
Territorial Health Policy,
Michael Fraser

On Oct. 4, 2023, ASTHO responded to a Request for Information from the U.S. House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee on the subject of improving access to healthcare and rural and ...

Avoiding the Cliff: Financing Medicaid in the Territories

Podcast,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Members,
Health Equity,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Funding,
Federal Government Affairs,
Territorial Health Policy,
Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands,
Robert Johnson,
Jorge Galva,
Justa Encarnacion,
Karl Ensign

Medicaid plays a critical role in providing access to health services for low-income U.S. citizens in the five U.S. territories. However, Medicaid financing in the territories has been underfunded ...

How State and Territorial Health Departments Can Navigate Recent Executive Actions

Health Policy Update,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Territorial Health Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Funding,
Race and Public Health,
Tribal Health,
Partnership,
State Health Policy,
Pandemics,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
COVID and Supply Chain,
COVID Testing and Screening,
Emergency Powers,
Public Health Law,
Carolyn McCoy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Workforce

One of tools presidents have to implement and drive their strategy are executive actions. Executive orders and presidential memoranda carry the force of law and allow presidents to move quickly, ...