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Cultivating Equality in the Garden State
In this fifth, and final, special bonus episode of our Pride Month series, we speak with Lauren Albrecht, director of advocacy and organizing, and Layla Orlando, director of health equity and wellness, at Garden State Equality, the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus advocacy organization in New Jersey.
Garden State Equality celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Since its founding in 2004, it has grown to more than 150,000 members | Image Credit: Garden State Equality
Welcome to the final episode in our special Pride Month series. In this special edition of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Lauren Albrecht, director of advocacy and organizing, and Layla Orlando, director of health equity and wellness, at Garden State Equality, first founded in 2004 and which has grown to become the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus (LGBTQ+) advocacy organization in New Jersey, at more than 150,000 members.
Racial, economic, and disability justice concerns underpin this advocacy and civil rights organization’s mission to bring full equality to all members of all LGBTQ+ communities in the state. We discuss state- and federal-level legislation, with potential implications on not only LGBTQ+ rights in the state, but reproductive freedom as well; notable achievements for the LGBTQ+ community in New Jersey; and, as with our previous episodes in this limited-edition series, health care policy in this election year.
Please check out our previous episodes with Lancaster Pride, Rutgers, Callen-Lorde, and We Are Family.
Managed Care Reflections: A Q&A With Laurie C. Zephyrin, MD, MPH, MBA
November 12th 2025To mark the 30th anniversary of The American Journal of Managed Care, each issue in 2025 includes a special feature: reflections from a thought leader on what has changed—and what has not—over the past 3 decades and what’s next for managed care. The November issue features a conversation with Laurie C. Zephyrin, MD, MPH, MBA, senior vice president for achieving equitable outcomes at the Commonwealth Fund. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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Assessing New York’s Health Care Disparities Using Health Plan Quality Data
November 11th 2025Utilizing the Health Insurance Disparities Index for assessment, the authors found that New York’s Medicaid health maintenance organizations (HMOs) outperformed Medicaid HMOs nationally in addressing health care disparities from 2019 to 2023.
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