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With Jefferson, we launched Health Access Philly: a six week sprint mobilizing cross sector teams to protect coverage for the 1.5 million Pennsylvanians at risk of losing Medicaid and SNAP.
Case study overview
With Jefferson, we launched Health Access Philly: a six week sprint mobilizing cross sector teams to protect coverage for the 1.5 million Pennsylvanians at risk of losing Medicaid and SNAP.
Federal policy shifts are quietly putting health coverage and food benefits out of reach for millions of Pennsylvanians, often over a missed notice or a confusing renewal. Launch Point Labs partnered with Jefferson's Health Design Lab, Health Tech PHL, and Community Health and Impact teams, alongside United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, to stand up the JeffSolves Summer Sprint Challenge. In six weeks, mixed teams of community members, clinicians, technologists, and civic leaders move through a structured arc of discovery, co design, prototyping, and pitch to build tools that help neighbors become aware, apply, stay covered, and avoid lapses. Teams that want to keep building step into a continued runway of mentorship, funding introductions, and community pilots.
The Challenge
It is becoming easier for people to lose the coverage they count on.
Recent federal changes could push 1.5 million Pennsylvanians off Medicaid or SNAP each year, even when they still qualify. A missed notice, a confusing renewal, or a new reporting requirement can disrupt care, food, work, and daily stability for entire families and shift hundreds of millions in costs onto providers, taxpayers, and the safety net.
1.5M+ at risk
Pennsylvanians projected to lose Medicaid or SNAP coverage each year.
35% friction
Of adults say it is too hard to renew or keep coverage they qualify for.
$2.3B drag
Annual regional cost when people lose coverage, per Urban Institute.
Our Partnership Model
A focused sprint. A wider coalition. A continued runway.
Launch Point Labs designed and runs the JeffSolves Summer Sprint Challenge with Jefferson and United Way: a structured six week arc that turns urgency into tools real people can use, with support that continues long after Demo Day.
Convene
Bring together Jefferson teams, United Way, health plans, community advocates, and technologists around a shared challenge.
Co design
Move teams through discover, collaborate, build, refine, and pitch with frontline voices in every phase.
Catalyze
Open a continued runway of mentorship, funding intros, and community pilots so prototypes become lasting change.
Support Provided
End to end support, from kickoff through community pilots.
Challenge framing
Mapped the benefits lifecycle into four tracks: become aware, apply, stay covered, and do not lapse.
Partner coalition
Aligned Jefferson, United Way, Clarifi, Jefferson Health Plans, Philabundance, and community advocates around one challenge.
Sprint design
Built the five phase sprint arc and design considerations every team uses to shape solutions.
Brand and digital
Launched the Health Access Philly identity and site to recruit teams, mentors, and community partners.
Mentor network
Recruited and matched expert mentors across public health, policy, technology, design, and lived experience.
Post Demo Day runway
Stood up incubation support, funder introductions, and community pilot pathways for teams that keep building.
The Outcomes
The sprint is live. Impact is being captured in real time.
The first cohort kicked off June 16 at Jefferson Alumni Hall and runs through Demo Day on July 30. Outcomes will be published as teams ship prototypes and move into community pilots.
Cross sector teams active in the sprint
Prototypes shipped across the four benefits lifecycle tracks
Mentors engaged across health, policy, design, and technology
Pennsylvanians reached through community pilots after Demo Day
Follow on funding and pilot commitments unlocked
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