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Kyrstin Racine is a State Health Policy Analyst with the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. Prior to this role, Kyrstin was the Executive Policy Assistant at the Center for Children and Families for three years, and interned at health policy-focused nonprofits beforehand. Kyrstin graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from The George Washington University in 2015 and is currently pursuing a Master's in Public Policy from the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.

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Five Steps States Can Take to Address Inequities of Health Crisis

In May, Tekisha Dwan Everette and Karen Siegel from Health Equity Solutions released an article titled, “Five Key Questions State Health Officials Can Ask Right Now to Advance Health Equity During COVID-19 Response Efforts.” Preliminary state COVID-19 data disaggregated by race, geography and gender shows significant disparities in care and infection rates. These disparities are […]

Oklahoma Voters Approve Constitutional Amendment to Expand Medicaid

Oklahoma voters took a historic step and nudged their state forward toward becoming the 38th in the nation (including Washington, DC) to provide residents more affordable health insurance through their Medicaid program. The constitutional amendment passed by voters requires the state to open the doors to coverage no later than July 1, 2021. State leaders […]

Coal communities increasingly rely on federal health programs

Energy News US By: Mason Adams and Dustin Bleizeffer Every July for two decades, volunteer doctors, dentists and nurses gathered at the Wise County Fairgrounds to deliver free medical, dental and vision care…. “One thing that’s struck me is how Medicaid in the last five years or so has become much more popular than it […]

Why the coronavirus drug remdesivir costs $3,100

Vox By: Dylan Scott Remdesivir, the antiviral drug that appears to reduce the recovery time for hospitalized Covid-19 patients, has a price tag: $3,120 for the typical five-day regiment for a patient on private insurance. Gilead, the drug’s manufacturer, announced the news on Monday…. Edwin Park at the Georgetown Center on Children and Families told […]