Anna Bernstein

Jan 16, 2025 | tcf.org | Andrea Flynn |Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan |Anna Bernstein |Thomas Waldrop

Proposals to cap federal Medicaid spending could limit coverage for new therapeutic treatments for health challenges and inequities like obesity, according to a January 16, 2025 article in JAMA Health Forum.

Jan 13, 2025 | tcf.org | Jamila Taylor |Anna Bernstein |Jeanne Lambrew |Lea Woods

The incoming Trump administration and Congress have foreshadowed large spending cuts to Medicaid spending as part of an even larger budget bill to fund a major tax cut. Given the complicated budget process, members of Congress may vote on the target for Medicaid spending reductions before specifying policies to meet that target. This process of “numbers first” makes it challenging to appreciate their magnitude.

Oct 24, 2024 | tcf.org | Andrea Flynn |Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan |Anna Bernstein |Jamila Taylor

In early October, a judge in Fulton County, Georgia blocked a six-week abortion ban following the deaths of two women that might have been prevented had they had access to abortion care. Less than a week after the Fulton County decision, the Georgia Supreme Court reinstated the six-week ban. If anyone doubts that the nation is experiencing politically divisive and turbulent times placing people’s lives at risk, all the proof they need is in the state of reproductive and maternal health.

Sep 16, 2024 | tcf.org | Anna Bernstein |Andrea Flynn |Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan |Thomas Waldrop

Health care in the United States is expensive and, for many, unaffordable, conditions which drive unacceptable health outcomes and burden household and state budgets. This is true for patients across the spectrum, with even insured patients experiencing difficulty. In a recent KFF poll, about half of insured adults and 85 percent of uninsured adults reported difficulty affording health care costs.

May 24, 2024 | tcf.org | Kings Floyd |Anna Bernstein |Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan |Steven Greenhouse

This commentary is the first in the series Connecting Disability Justice and Reproductive Justice, an ongoing collaboration between The Century Foundation’s Disability Economic Justice team and Maternal and Reproductive Health team. The series explores how the reproductive justice and disability justice movements came to be, the challenges they share, and the benefits of addressing potential solutions to those challenges through an intersectional lens.