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The following 3 announcements are from this week's
Disability Policy Consortium Weekly Update
https://www.dpcma.org/
1. SNAP Online Purchasing Program
Massachusetts residents who receive SNAP benefits can use their EBT card to buy food online from Amazon, Walmart and ALDI.
https://www.mass.gov/snap-online-purchasing-program
2. Promoting Healthcare Justice Using Medicaid Data—New Report by DPC and Academy Health
We’re very happy to finally publicly announce a major collaboration that DPC has been working on for the last several months. In a new study, produced in association with Academy Health, and authored by a team lead by our board member Ellen Breslin and lead researcher and health policy expert Dennis Heaphy, we uncover new evidence of health disparities among both children and adults enrolled in Medicaid. This report continues DPC's record as a critical research entity bringing the voices of consumers to the table not only here in Massachusetts, but across the country. We'd like to thank Academy Health for joining us in this critical work.
State Medicaid programs play an essential role in providing health care coverage to millions of Americans who experience institutional and interpersonal discrimination and bias. COVID-19 has made it clear that Medicaid programs need data, new tools, methodologies, and strategies to identify and reduce preventable morbidity and mortality rates in under-resourced communities.
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Disability Policy Consortium Weekly Update
https://www.dpcma.org/
1. SNAP Online Purchasing Program
Massachusetts residents who receive SNAP benefits can use their EBT card to buy food online from Amazon, Walmart and ALDI.
https://www.mass.gov/snap-online-purchasing-program
2. Promoting Healthcare Justice Using Medicaid Data—New Report by DPC and Academy Health
We’re very happy to finally publicly announce a major collaboration that DPC has been working on for the last several months. In a new study, produced in association with Academy Health, and authored by a team lead by our board member Ellen Breslin and lead researcher and health policy expert Dennis Heaphy, we uncover new evidence of health disparities among both children and adults enrolled in Medicaid. This report continues DPC's record as a critical research entity bringing the voices of consumers to the table not only here in Massachusetts, but across the country. We'd like to thank Academy Health for joining us in this critical work.
State Medicaid programs play an essential role in providing health care coverage to millions of Americans who experience institutional and interpersonal discrimination and bias. COVID-19 has made it clear that Medicaid programs need data, new tools, methodologies, and strategies to identify and reduce preventable morbidity and mortality rates in under-resourced communities.
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