Center on Health Equity & Access

Abortion costs and Medicaid coverage vary by state, creating financial barriers for patients seeking care after the Dobbs v Jackson decision.

Accountable care offers one of the most promising frameworks for stabilizing and expanding access, but only if policy is intentionally designed to support rural participation.

Food insecurity among working-age US adults has significant economic consequences, primarily driven by increased job instability and income insecurity.

Socioeconomic, racial, and institutional factors significantly affect treatment access and patient outcomes in Guillain-Barré syndrome, despite standardized care guidelines in the US.

From biased trial enrollment to the emotional weight of a young diagnosis, Rani Bansal, MD, speaks to the gaps we need to close.

Girls and young women, as well as older teens, were more likely to report AI chatbot use for mental health advice, with Black youth more likely to engage monthly.

Early-onset CRC CVD mortality disparities highlight the need for integrated data and risk-based survivorship care, said Meng-Han Tsai, PhD.

Martin Hopp, MD, PhD, of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Kate Willis, of Daybreak, explain how undiagnosed sleep disorders can cause depression and anxiety.

Reports highlight gaps in private equity oversight, MA vs FFS outcomes, cancer care access advances, climate health disparities, and uneven genomic testing.

Health plan infrastructure and patient reporting are underutilized, powerful tools for identifying food insecurity, Jonathan Wrathall, PhD, argues.

Elliot Tapper, MD, explains how digital health, precise screening, and direct hepatology care can treat alcohol-associated liver disease and mental health.

Re-engagement rates for patients with hepatitis B lost to follow-up range from 2% to 100% globally, with proximity to patients driving the best outcomes.

Study finds endometriosis severity plateaus after 30, but surgery risk and complexity climb in older women as fibrosis and adhesions build.

Phenotype-based care improves childhood obesity diagnosis and treatment, including obesity types, hypothalamic obesity, drugs, and surgery.

The scoping review shows menopause and multiple sclerosis (MS) shift from fewer relapses to higher symptom burden, highlighting care gaps for older women with MS.

Medicare FFS beneficiaries with metastatic cancer received broad genomic profiling more often than MA patients.

The American Thoracic Society 2026 International Conference included sessions that focused on topics such as pulmonary rehabilitation and global disparities in thoracic care.

An Institute for Value-Based Medicine® event in Princeton highlights how the state's leading cancer care providers meet the needs of a diverse population.

Beneficiaries in socially vulnerable communities received higher-quality, more-efficient care under value-based care (at-risk Medicare Advantage) compared with those in fee-for-service Medicare payment arrangements.

Claims data linked eviction protection rollbacks to higher psychotropic prescription and SMI visits, revealing housing security’s mental health toll.

Jonathan Wrathall, PhD, explains that his 2 studies found social needs and insurance type strongly predicted food insecurity.

Rising ER-positive breast cancer in young women: risk factors, subtype differences, and when to push for screening and imaging.

Discussions highlighted implementing innovative treatments and ensuring patients treated in the community setting have equitable access to advanced therapeutics.

Private equity reshapes care—new evidence links staffing cuts to patient safety risks; ACP urges regulatory oversight to defend clinical autonomy.

A study led by Meng-Han Tsai, PhD, found that men and racial and ethnic minority patients with early-onset CRC in urban areas face a higher CVD death risk.