Our issue areas reflect current and emerging health policy topics that impact Kaiser Permanente, our membership, and the communities we serve. We convene experts to share knowledge, spark discourse, and advance collective thinking on topics of critical importance. Select a topic to learn more.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently released a new report, Ending Unequal Treatment, on racial and ethnic health care disparities in the United States. During an in-person, one-hour forum, report contributors will highlight themes from the report related to the future of health care delivery and education.
Through expert roundtables, forums, and conferences, we explore public policies that promote accessible, equitable, high-quality care and cultivate healthy communities.
This virtual event explored how the justice system and mental health and social supports can work together to identify more equitable paths to recovery and reentry into society.
In this Forum we learned what policies could improve our effectiveness at helping people get and stay stably housed, and how to improve the health of individuals and our communities.
At Kaiser Permanente we have different approach to prescription drugs that makes drugs better, safer and more affordable.
The Institute for Health Policy highlights approaches that can promote accessible, equitable, high-quality care and cultivate healthy communities. We partner with experts from a variety of backgrounds to identify, analyze, and discuss promising approaches.
To meet the health care needs of the future, the nation needs more health care workers and a diverse workforce with the right experiences, skills, cultural diversity, and linguistic capabilities to meet the needs of communities throughout the country.