Medicaid Reform As Equity Opportunity

Typically, Medicaid reform is not thought of as a solution to the many health equity issues faced in the U.S. health and human service system. But according to Victor Armstrong, Chief Health Equity Officer, NC Department of Health and Human Services, North Carolina has designed their pending Medicaid reform to do just that. In his keynote, The I/DD Care Landscape: Looking Ahead To The ‘Next Normal’ at the 2021 OPEN MINDS I/DD Executive Summit: Strategies For The “Next Normal”: Responding To I/DD At The Crossroads he drew a picture of the key health equity issues and . . .