A technician performs a medical test on a patient.
A technician performs a medical test on a patient.

HEALTH SYSTEMS

Access to quality healthcare is essential to everyone's ability to achieve and maintain good health—and is not possible without affordable, quality health insurance coverage. Removing barriers to accessing quality healthcare is crucial to advancing health equity. 

RWJF funds research and programs to identify key gaps in healthcare coverage, access, and equity.

Related News and Insights

Read expert perspectives and the latest research from RWJF to explore the opportunities and complexities of this topic.

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A concept to illustrate the economic impact of the Covid-19 virus on the restaurant and catering business. Restaurant owner wearing his chefâ s whites standing in his empty restaurant. Photographed on location in a restaurant on the island of Møn in Denmark.

Marketplace Pulse: Work Requirements in Medicaid and Behavioral Healthcare

Adding work requirements to the Medicaid program would lead to an increase in the number of uninsured and would have negative implications for behavioral healthcare.

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Healthcare Coverage and Access Policy and Law
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Iola, KS - August 1, 2017 - Judy Highberger and Tanner Lewis set up an emergency exam room, part of the new Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.

The Health Coverage of Noncitizens in the United States, 2024

Despite making up just 8% of the nonelderly population in the U.S., adults under 65 who are not citizens will comprise nearly one-third of the nation’s 27 million uninsured population in 2024.

1-min read

Healthcare Coverage and Access Policy and Law Immigration Status
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Dr. Shelly Gruenbacher takes a call at Bluestem Medical Center in Quinter, Kansas.

The Basic Health Program

Implementation of the Basic Health Program in N.Y. and Minn. succeeded in helping low-income consumers by increasing affordability and reducing administrative complexity.

1-min read

Healthcare Coverage and Access
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Featured Initiatives

RWJF funds many initiatives in support of our vision for a Culture of Health. For this focus area, these initiatives were selected to demonstrate grantmaking that is helping us achieve the greatest impact.  

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State Health Access Data Assistance Center

This is an RWJF program that helps states monitor and understand trends in rates of health insurance coverage and access to care.

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State Health and Value Strategies

This is an RWJF-supported program designed to assist state officials and agencies in their efforts to transform their health care systems to be affordable, equitable and innovative.

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HIX Compare

The HIX Compare is a health coverage data exchange that is widely used by researchers, industry and government specialists, journalists, and other advocates to better understand individual and small group markets who are compliant with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in all 50 states.

Current Grant Opportunities

We realize that building a Culture of Health will take unprecedented collaboration and a deeper understanding of where barriers exist and how to overcome them.

We have previously funded opportunities in this area of focus with the goal to strengthen and advance health equity, and we have more work to do.

Evidence for Action: Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity

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Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health

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