H.R. 1 is expected to affect health care coverage for millions of people, including those experiencing homelessness, housing instability, and residents of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) assisted housing. Join Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) for a discussion of the policy changes driving these impacts, emerging questions about the relationship between homelessness and Medicaid coverage, and strategies the homeless services and affordable housing sectors can use to help mitigate potential harm.
Speaker
Marcella Maguire, Ph.D.
Marcella Maguire, Ph.D. is the Director of Health Systems Integration for CSH. Her work focuses on the intersection of the housing and healthcare sectors in the financing, policy and implementation of systems and programs. She is or has been engaged with multiple states such as AZ, CA, KY, MN, NC and WA around how to use Medicaid and health policy levers to create effective and efficient cross sector systems to address community needs. Prior to joining CSH, Marcella worked for 17 years for the City of Philadelphia leading efforts to integrate behavioral health, managed care and affordable and supportive housing systems.
Moderator
Benjamin Sommers
Huntley Quelch Professor of Health Care Economics
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dr. Ben Sommers is a health economist and physician who researches health policy for vulnerable populations, the uninsured, and the health care safety net. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and previously served in senior leadership roles at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
About the Program
This event will be webcast; Zoom registration is required.
The IHH Research and Practice Seminar Series brings together providers, system leaders, advocates, researchers, people with lived expertise, and others from across the country and internationally to highlight important strategies that work, address emerging challenges, and discuss innovative solutions and insights to the complex issue of homelessness.
All speakers will share their own perspectives; they do not speak for Harvard.