DC is a leader in ensuring all residents have access to health care, regardless of income level.
The District is a leader in health care reform, having established a state-based marketplace, expanded Medicaid eligibility, and providing a local health coverage program (the DC Healthcare Alliance) for adults not eligible for Medicaid or Medicare.
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What’s In the Proposed Fiscal Year 2020 Budget for Health Care?
By Ed Lazere • April 5, 2019 • Health Care
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No Way to Run a Healthcare Program: DC’s Access Barriers for Immigrants Contribute to Poor Outcomes and Higher Costs
By Ed Lazere • March 17, 2019 • Health Care
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Guest Blog: It’s Time for DC Council to Invest in Building a Healthy Community
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 25, 2018 • Health Care
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Organizations Decry Health Inequities in FY 2020 DC Budget, Call on Council and Mayor to Not Pit Health Programs Against Each Other
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 26, 2019
Testimony of Kate Coventry At the Public Hearing on the “Interagency Council on Behavioral Health Establishment Amendment Act of 2019”
By Kate Coventry • June 21, 2019
Testimony of Ed Lazere At the Budget Oversight Hearing on the Department of Health
By Ed Lazere • April 9, 2019
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