In November, Washington State voters defeated a ballot measure that would have significantly undermined the nation’s first social insurance program for long-term care by a surprisingly comfortable 55 ...

Kata M. Kertesz, J.D., is managing policy attorney at the Center for Medicare Advocacy. She engages in public policy issues surrounding Medicare, those dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, oral ...

Ali Bers, J.D., is litigation director at the Center for Medicare Advocacy. She represents older adults and people with disabilities in federal litigation aimed at making systemic improvements to ...

Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, ...

Rachel Hand, L.M.S.W., M.P.H., is associate director of research for the research, analytics, knowledge, and evaluation (RAKE) team at Fountain House and a licensed social worker. She joined the ...

Joshua Seidman, Ph.D., is chief research and knowledge officer at Fountain House. He joined the organization in 2021. Seidman has spent 35 years working at the intersection of research, policy, and ...

Grace Williams is a research associate at Fountain House, joining the organization in 2024. She grew up in Berkeley, California, and through college she worked with various community organizations, ...

Payment measures for treating serious mental illness do not always reflect the nuances of care and the needs of patients in ...

The Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard University, formerly the Mongan Fellowship in Minority Health Policy, is a yearlong program offering intensive study in health ...

While the federal government and the states jointly fund Medicaid, each state runs its own program, subject to federal ...