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March 14, 2013 | Issue Brief
A significant number of low-income uninsured adults may be excluded from the Medicaid expansion due to their immigration status after the Affordable Care Act takes effect.
September 8, 2011 | Journal Article
Because the reforms under the Affordable Care Act of 2010 will leave an estimated 20 million or more people still uninsured, some Americans will continue to seek care at low or no cost through existing safety-net systems.
October 25, 2012 | Story
RWJF Scholars chart opportunities and problems and pose solutions for protecting the health care institutions that serve the most vulnerable.
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
It is well documented that racial and ethnic minority populations disproportionately use hospital emergency departments for safety-net care. But what is not known is whether emergency department crowding is disproportionately affecting minority popu ...
October 1, 2010 | Report
Related Read the Program Results: Looking at Comprehensive Safety Nets in Seven Communities A Primer on Health Care Safety Nets The Costs and Adequacy of Safety Net Access for the Uninsured: (Bexar County) San Antonio The Costs and Adequacy of Safet ...
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Federally qualified health centers, community variation and prospects under reform.
October 18, 2011 | Journal Article
Project Access–New Haven used the principles of community-based participatory research to increase specialty care for vulnerable Latinos
October 6, 2011 | Issue Brief
More progress needs to be made to reduce the health disparities among America's racial and ethnic minorities. But how?
National Program
Program to support the development and implementation of best practices to relieve emergency department overcrowding, and help communities understand the interdependence between the health care safety net and the rest of the delivery system.
September 23, 2002 | News Release
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) launched a new program, Urgent Matters. The $4.6 million program is designed to reduce emergency department crowding and to assess the condition of the health care safety net.