Next Steps in Health Reform: Hospitals, Medicaid Expansion, and Racial Equity

15 Pages Posted: 3 Dec 2018

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Dayna Bowen Matthew

The George Washington University Law School

Date Written: November 29, 2018

Abstract

The confluence of racial unrest and Medicaid expansion in Virginia should inspire a national reimagining of how health care can contribute to health equity. Hospitals in particular can leverage their role as economic drivers in communities to equalize health and social outcomes for all. The urgent need for innovative opioid intervention presents a fertile proving ground for new ways that hospitals can act to reduce the impact of racial inequity. Inspired by the role hospitals played to achieve desegregation during the Civil Rights era, this essay proposes an integrated approach to use Medicaid expansion to advance health and racial healing in America.

Keywords: Health equity, Medicaid, race, poverty, racial equity, social determinants

Suggested Citation

Matthew, Dayna Bowen, Next Steps in Health Reform: Hospitals, Medicaid Expansion, and Racial Equity (November 29, 2018). Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2018-66, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3293004

Dayna Bowen Matthew (Contact Author)

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United States

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