Insights & Commentary

In a clinic with integrated behavioral health, a child with any indications of behavioral health needs is given holistic care right away. While it is not the standard of care today, there are actions that state policymakers and health systems can take to help ensure integrated behavioral health is available in every primary care clinic serving individuals of all ages.

CSHP's Erica Eliason appears on "A Health Podyssey," a Health Affairs podcast, to talk about her recent work.

Why are health care costs rising so fast? I put that question to my Rutgers University graduate students in the first session of their health policy course each year.

The COVID-19 recession led to an historic spike in unemployment. Joblessness following pandemic shutdowns peaked near 15%, the highest rate since 1948 when modern unemployment rate tracking began.

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to enactment of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act in March 2020. The law ends in 2023, precipitating a great unwinding of Medicaid enrollments.

Although health care licensing is traditionally a state function, rigid state borders can be ill-suited to meet needs in terms of access to care for underserved populations, emergency preparedness, and the changing nature of telemedicine-based care delivery.