By Cole Riley on July 15, 2022
Policy Intern
Health Forward Foundation
Georgia, Texas, Illinois, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, Kansas, and North Carolina were all home to me at some point. While I had the chance to live in different regions, experience […]
By Sen. John Rizzo on June 9, 2022
Missouri State Senator
Missouri Senate (Independence)
Medicaid expansion hangs by a thread and the Missouri Senate is the last line of defense in protecting health care for working families. Two years ago, Missouri voters went to […]
By Nathan Madden on June 2, 2022
Policy Impact Strategist
Health Forward Foundation
The regular 2022 legislative sessions in Kansas and Missouri have concluded. At Health Forward, our work is centered on supporting and building inclusive, powerful, and healthy communities by prioritizing people […]
By Gina Chiala on May 19, 2022
Executive Director,
Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom
It is 2016 and Kenya Banks is standing in front of Division 27 at the Jackson County Courthouse. She doesn’t have an attorney; she doesn’t have a plan. She only […]
By Nathan Madden on May 5, 2022
Policy Impact Strategist
Health Forward Foundation
Health Forward is supporting and building inclusive, powerful, and healthy communities by prioritizing people who experience the greatest injustices in health outcomes. We are working to remove those injustices through […]
By McClain Bryant Macklin on March 3, 2022
Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives
Health Forward Foundation
Equitable access to high-quality health care is a mainstay of Health Forward’s policy agenda. Improved access to quality health care helps people paid lower wages live healthier and more economically […]
By McClain Bryant Macklin on February 3, 2022
Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives
Health Forward Foundation
Health Forward Foundation is supporting and building inclusive, powerful, and healthy communities by prioritizing people who experience the greatest injustices in health outcomes. We are working to remove those injustices […]
By Rep. Sharice Davids on January 26, 2022
Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District Representative
U.S. House of Representatives
On New Year’s Day, new consumer protections against surprise medical billing went into effect, essentially ending one of the most egregious practices in our country’s health care system. While you […]
By Ryan Hudnall on November 5, 2021
Executive Director
Della Lamb Community Services
It has been said that nothing is permanent except change. Consider the past 18 months. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2, more commonly known as COVID-19, prompted global change, resulting in an […]
By El Centro on September 17, 2021
Editor’s note: Voces de Medicaid is a community storytelling experience presented by El Centro. In January 2018, El Centro joined Community Catalyst in their Community Voices of Medicaid initiative, which […]
