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May 2008
Identifying and Evaluating Equity Provisions in State Health Care Reform
The Commonwealth
Fund, April 23,
2008
Millions of people
in the United States—principally racial and ethnic minorities, immigrants,
and those who lack proficiency in English—face barriers to high-quality
health care. Such problems are largely due to high numbers of uninsured
individuals among these groups, though it persists even when they are
insured. By expanding health insurance coverage and addressing issues of
access to care, quality of care, patient empowerment, infrastructural
reforms, and social and community-level determinants of health, states have
the potential to achieve equity. This report seeks to identify state
policies that promote equitable health care access and quality and to
evaluate existing laws, regulations, or reform proposals in five
states—Massachusetts, Washington, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and California.
These states' initiatives, all of which move toward universal health
insurance coverage, also address other innovative strategies such as
improving health care provider diversity, distribution, and cultural
competence.
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