Illinois Association for Medicaid Health Plans’ Podcast featuring Kirbi Range, Birth Equity Manager < Back to News
Continue ReadingCompassion for COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy:
How to Help Health Care Providers Guide Parents to Get Youth Vaccinated
As missed vaccinations in youth have risen in recent years, EverThrive Illinois (ETI) wants to make sure all young people are protected against preventable diseases. COVID-19 is no exception. We’ve been leading the charge to educate health care providers on vaccine hesitancy, while also generating broader awareness of vaccine availability in local communities. We give […]
Continue ReadingLegislation News: The Latest on Illinois Policies Affecting Public Health June 2021
The state of Illinois’ most recent legislative session concluded with several policy changes to the health care landscape that will positively impact families. Most notably, EverThrive Illinois and our partners at Start Early, Nurse Family Partnership, and the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, successfully drafted and passed bill language to allow people with Medicaid to receive perinatal support from a […]
Continue ReadingSupreme Court Upholds the ACA…Again!
EverThrive Illinois applauds the 7-2 decision of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in California v. Texas. By throwing out the Trump-backed challenge to the ACA, the SCOTUS ruled that the states challenging the law failed to prove that they were harmed by the ACA’s individual mandate. The ACA is still the law of the land. The decision […]
Continue ReadingRX Housing: Maternal & Child Health Webinar
RX Housing: Maternal & Child Health Webinar featuring Chinyere Okwu, Executive Director, and hosted by Housing Opportunities for Women < Back to News
Continue ReadingGovernor Pritzker Signs Law to Address Racism in Medicaid
This week, Governor JB Pritzker signed the fourth and final pillar of the 2021 Illinois Legislative Black Caucus agenda. This pillar, bill number HB 158, addresses systemic racism in the Medicaid health care system by requiring implicit bias training for providers, expands access to high-quality, evidence-based doula and home visiting services for people with Medicaid, and […]
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