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Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative Policy Briefs

The Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative has produced studies and analyses across a broad range of issues:

  • National health reform and medically underserved communities. 
  • Community health centers as public health first responders. 
  • Community health centers’ special roles for key patient populations, including veterans, agricultural workers and their families, those experiencing homelessness, as well as  opportunities to improve population health.
  • Community health centers’ role in the health of women and families.
  • Efforts to roll back Medicaid gains for health center patients and medically underserved populations. 
  • The impact of policies on immigrant communities served by health centers.
  • Health centers and delivery and payment reform.
     

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Policy Brief

Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers: Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care

This brief provides an overview of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and the health challenges they face and considers options for improving their health coverage and access to care.

Policy Brief

National security and U.S. child health policy: The origins and continuing role of Medicaid and EPSDT

This Policy Brief begins with a brief overview of Medicaid and child health, examining both its early eligibility structure as well as the advent of Medicaid’s special benefit for children, which is known as “early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment (EPSDT).”

Policy Brief

Economic Stress and the Safety Net

The issue paper provides data on the demographic profile of health center patients and the revenue sources available for financing their care, including increases in federal discretionary funding.