The 2021 Health Equity Work Group, in response to the Standing Advisory Committee’s (SAC) desire to explore MHBE’s role in addressing health disparities, developed actionable recommendations for MHBE to reduce racial and ethnic inequities in health coverage enrollment, health care access, treatment, and outcomes.

The group met eight times between August and November on the dates listed below and focused  on strategies that address adverse health outcomes disproportionately faced by Black and Hispanic Marylanders, as well as by other populations experiencing inequities in health coverage and health care in Maryland.