Medicaid’s Role in Advancing Health Equity: Review of Draft Chapter for June Report

In this session, MACPAC staff presented a draft chapter on advancing racial health equity in Medicaid for the June report to Congress. The chapter provides the context for understanding racial disparities and inequities. It highlights data showing the racial and ethnic composition of the Medicaid population, and the disparities affecting beneficiaries of color. In addition, the chapter discusses policy levers that states and the federal government can use to promote equity and lays the groundwork for future MACPAC work.