Equity Impact Tool
A tool intended to guide state health agencies in evaluating their equity work at a high level, defining goals, and identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges related to meeting those goals.
Congress is considering a variety of federal policy changes that will have significant impacts on the Medicaid program, widely expected to reduce enrollment and federal Medicaid funding to states. A variety of state-level estimates have been released, which can be helpful for states as they consider how various policy proposals might impact their Medicaid programs. This expert perspective highlights state agencies that have estimated and quantified the potential impacts of various proposals on enrollment and spending. SHVS will continue to regularly monitor published estimates from states and update this expert perspective.
On Wednesday, February 26, State Health and Value Strategies hosted a webinar discussing the Medicaid and Marketplace reforms under consideration by the new administration and the 119th Congress, including adjustments to program financing, eligibility, and other policy requirements, with potential broad implications for state Medicaid and Marketplace programs. During the webinar, experts from Manatt Health provided an overview of potential federal policy changes to Medicaid and Marketplace coverage programs, vehicles for advancing and anticipated timing of such changes, and implications for states.
This toolkit is intended to support states in understanding the landscape of financial activity in the healthcare sector. It identifies opportunities to strengthen a state’s regulatory framework to protect residents from the potential harms associated with financialization. The toolkit provides an overview of trends and a summary of the literature on the impact of financialization on the healthcare delivery system.