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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Remove Barriers that Deny Health Coverage to Thousands of Immigrants
By Ed Lazere • February 5, 2020 • Budget / Health Care
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What’s In the Approved Fiscal Year 2020 Budget for Health Care?
By Ed Lazere • October 9, 2019 • Health Care
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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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Testimony of Kate Coventry, Senior Policy Analyst Performance Oversight Hearing on the DC Department of Health Care Finance, DC Council Committee on Health
By Kate Coventry • June 7, 2021
Testimony of Kate Coventry, Senior Policy Analyst Performance Oversight Hearing on the DC Department of Behavioral Health, DC Council Committee on Health
By Kate Coventry • June 4, 2021
Testimony of Kate Coventry, Senior Policy Analyst at the Public Oversight Hearing on An Equitable End to Safety Net Protections Put in Place During the COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery, DC Council Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery
By Kate Coventry • May 21, 2021
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