Health and Reentry
Reentry into society after incarceration presents significant healthcare challenges, contributing to high recidivism rates, increased risk of death, and health disparities. Recent policies aim to address these issues through expanded Medicaid access and...
Food is Medicine
CHLPI works to integrate Food is Medicine services into health care delivery and financing at the federal- and state-levels
Eliminating Viral Hepatitis
The U.S. is facing rising rates of viral hepatitis – despite the availability of vaccines for hepatitis A and B, and a cure for hepatitis C – and reports show that the country is not on track to meet the World Health Organization’s goal of eliminating viral hepatitis...Health Law and Policy Amid Crisis: COVID-19 Response
The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School’s (CHLPI’s) Health Law and Policy Clinic (HLPC) is leading policy advocacy efforts to ensure that the care and treatment needs of low-income populations and those living with chronic conditions are met during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Integrating Health Care and Social Services
CHLPI advocates for policy reforms that better support community-clinical partnerships.
Guaranteed Income as Treatment: Addressing Poverty as a Social Determinant of Health
CHLPI works to identify concrete ways that health care entities can participate in developing and implementing antiracist policies.
Strengthening Health Care Coverage
CHLPI works to strengthen Medicaid, Medicare, and private health insurance plans.
Public Health in Massachusetts
CHLPI has a special focus on infectious disease and access to health care services that promote public health in Massachusetts.
Reproductive and Sexual Health Care Access
CHLPI advocates to strengthen and protect access to reproductive and sexual health care services.
Health and the Environment
CHLPI works to ensure that laws and policies are structured to protect the most vulnerable individuals and communities from undue risk of exposure to harmful substances.
Federal Health Care Policy Reform
he Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation’s (CHLPI’s) federal policy work focuses on systems-level change to improve access to care for people and families with low incomes.