Health & Human Services
Tackling Rural America’s ‘Hidden’ Housing Crisis
Over the past two years, the rate of homelessness and housing insecurity rose faster in rural places than the country at large, but community-based organizations are in a unique position to offer solutions.
Seattle Explores a Different Approach to Affordable Housing
Social housing typically centers on permanent affordability, tenant leadership and equity. It's an approach used by cities all over the world, and one some Seattle residents are hoping to see in their own community.
Medicaid Expansion Narrowed Racial Gaps in Hospitalization
COMMENTARY | Expanding Medicaid eligibility reduced Black-white disparities in preventable hospitalizations and ER visits by 10% or more, a new study shows.
L.A.’s Scoring System for Subsidized Housing Gives Unhoused Black and Latino People Lower Priority Scores
An investigation by The Markup found racial disparities in L.A.’s intake system for people experiencing homelessness.
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New Tools Help State and Local Governments Battle Ransomware, Other Big Disasters
When governments find themselves being ransomed, their choices are typically to pay, which will undercut their ability to deliver key services to their communities due to budget restrictions, or not pay, resulting in the immediate inability to serve their communities and the loss of key data that will inevitably plague them for years afterwards.
Schools Struggle With Lead in Water While Awaiting Federal Relief
President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union address that federal funds will pay to replace lead pipes in hundreds of thousands of schools and child care centers. In the meantime, schools are dealing with high lead levels now.
Idaho Dropped Thousands From Medicaid in the Pandemic’s First Years
The removals, detailed in emails between state and federal health officials, hinged on disagreements over how states could disenroll people during the public health emergency. Consumer advocates fear the alleged violation signals the mess to come on April 1, when the pandemic-era Medicaid coverage mandate ends.
States Strive to Help SNAP Recipients Cope With Lower Benefits
More than 41 million people bought food with SNAP benefits last year.
Which State You Live in Matters for How Well Environmental Laws Protect Your Health
COMMENTARY | An environmental health lawyer explains why some states have weaker rules than others, and how you can make your concerns heard.
California Dangles Bonuses for Nursing Homes That Add Staff
Rather than simply reward top-performing facilities, the state’s Medicaid program will hand bonuses to nursing homes — even low-rated ones — for hiring more workers and reducing staff turnover.
A New Lawsuit Seeks the Right to Reimburse Stolen Food Stamp Benefits
SNAP recipients have sued the USDA to undo a rule that bars New York from using federal funds to replace stolen food stamp dollars. A ruling could set a nationwide precedent.
Texas Town Tries a New Model for Saving Rural Health Care
Federal pandemic aid that has helped many rural hospitals stave off collapse is rapidly drying up.
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