Sophia Hennessy On my first day of work I read an office post emblazoned, “The system is not broken, it was built this way.” Before starting at CCHI, I conceptualized U.S. healthcare as a ponderous and inequitable system. I had a general picture of an underinvestment...
Kat Gruschow, Policy Fellow On September 22, 2023, the Biden Administration issued a rule that finally codified a longstanding definition of “public charge,” a sub-regulatory facet of immigration policy, which the Trump Administration tried to harshen in 2018. Then,...
http://cohealthinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BLOG-2-AUDIO-10_30_23-3.06-PM.mp3 Sophia Hennessy | Oct 27, 2023 About a month ago my friend booked a day-of ticket to fly out to Colorado and see me – it was the type of heady impulsive behavior that I...
Kat Gruschow, Policy Fellow My roommate and I have a lot in common. We had the same eighth-grade French teacher. We accidentally wear matching outfits. Our dogs are best friends. Recently we discovered yet another similarity. Despite both of us having completed...
Kat Gruschow, Policy Fellow It is around this time of year that I begin feeling deeply homesick. But with my family spread across the country, it is not for a place. My homesickness is really an aching for family–and food. It is the feeling of sharing a mid-afternoon...
By: Kat Gruschow, Policy Fellow When the trailer for Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid was released in September, heartwarming reaction videos showing Black children overjoyed to see Ariel played by a Black actress spread across the internet. The star,...
