About Us
Our Mission
At HealthBegins, we have long encouraged our partners to take a multi-level analysis to improve health equity, including by addressing the social and structural drivers of health. Health equity is determined by more than healthcare—it’s influenced by housing, education, transportation, and economic opportunity. The Health Equity Policy Hub unleashes the power of individuals, organizations, and communities to transform policy uncertainty into action for a more equitable future. Through rapid, accessible updates, clear analyses of executive policies, and equipping and fueling collective action, we ensure health professionals quickly understand emerging policy threats, their impacts on health equity, and provide inspiration and support for institutional action.
Who We Are
The Health Equity Policy Hub is an initiative of HealthBegins, a national mission-driven strategy and implementation firm that helps Medicaid-managed care plans, health systems, and social service organizations meet health care equity and social needs goals and achieve long-term impact for people and communities harmed by societal policies and practices.
Health Equity Policy Hub
What We Do
The Health Equity Policy Tracker monitors executive actions that impact health equity, categorizing them by status, agency, and affected populations. Most importantly, it provides a list of institutional actions health professionals can take in response to policies.
The tracker is updated weekly, as our volunteer capacity allows. Please sign up to be informed when new policies are added.
The tracker is updated weekly, as our volunteer capacity allows. Please sign up to be informed when new policies are added.
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The Mobilization Network equips and connects individuals and organizations ready to take action. Site visitors can use the mobilization network page to search for an existing group near them, or start a group themselves with the support of the Mobilization Network community. Those in the network receive resources, training and peer support. Many groups start with just one person and then grow!
Get Involved
The Health Equity Policy Hub is heavily fueled by dedicated individuals offering their time in-kind. We invite policymakers, researchers, and community advocates to use the Health Equity Policy Hub as a resource and contribute to our collective effort. Interested in supporting us through sponsorship? Interested in getting involved?
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Contributors
We are grateful for the contributions of a number of members in our community including Kristyn Arrighi and ControlShift Labs, Sarah Newman Boateng, Ian Condon, Chelsea Cipriano, Caryssa Lim, Jennifer Goldsmith, Sam Gonzalez, Anand Habib, Chelsea Hanson, Hannah Larsen, Ana Mascareñas, Loel Solomon, Pedja Stojicic, Lotus Yu, the braintrust that is our CalAIM TA Partners group, and others who preferred not to be named. Your insights, partnership, encouragement, and analysis were crucial for this effort. Thank you Klimt & Design for building our website.
We are also deeply appreciative of the foresight and tracking by Jonathan Meyer and Sidney Howe at Sheppard Mullin, whose executive actions tracker was foundational for the work we were able to do in the Health Equity Policy Tracker.
We are also deeply appreciative of the foresight and tracking by Jonathan Meyer and Sidney Howe at Sheppard Mullin, whose executive actions tracker was foundational for the work we were able to do in the Health Equity Policy Tracker.
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HealthBegins has placed the information on the Health Equity Policy Hub website as a service to the general public. While the information on this site may cover legal issues, it is not intended as legal advice or as a substitute for the particularized advice of your own counsel. Anyone seeking specific legal advice or assistance should retain an attorney. This website could include inaccuracies or typographical errors. The materials on this website do not constitute legal advice, do not necessarily reflect the opinions of HealthBegins or any of its employees, and are not guaranteed to be correct, complete, or up‐to‐date.
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Some links within the The Health Equity Policy Hub website may lead to other sites that we believe may be useful or informative. We do not maintain or control these sites and accordingly make no guarantee concerning the accuracy, reliability, or currency of the information found there.
The articles and information on this website are provided as is without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non‐infringement. Each individual document published by HealthBegins on this website may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information relating to that specific document. HealthBegins authorizes you to view, store, print, reproduce, copy, and distribute any pages within this website for non‐commercial use only. In consideration of this authorization, you agree that (a) any copy of these documents which you make shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained herein and (b) this section entitled “Legal Disclaimer” is included with any distribution.
Some links within the The Health Equity Policy Hub website may lead to other sites that we believe may be useful or informative. We do not maintain or control these sites and accordingly make no guarantee concerning the accuracy, reliability, or currency of the information found there.
