A new issue brief from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, “Race, Ethnicity, and Health Care Reform: Achieving Equity in Our Lifetime”, provides an analysis of the disparities provisions in the two bills passed by the Senate and House. Below is the introduction. You can download the entire report here: http://www.jointcenter.org/hpi/sites/all/files/raceethnicityandhealthcarereform.pdf Health care [...]
The National Hispanic Medical Association – is hosting a Congressional briefing about Health Care Reform & Racial/Ethnic Disparities on Tuesday, October 20th , from 5 pm to 7 pm, involving Rep. Donna Christensen (Virgin Islands)- invited and Rep. Mike Honda (CA)-invited, Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ). Featured speakers include Lucille C. Norville Perez, MD (Former President, National Medical Association), Velma Henderson, RN, MS, CNAA, BC (Board, National Black Nurses Association), Norma Martinez Rogers, PhD, RN, FAAN (President, National Association of Hispanic Nurses), Melvina McCabe, MD (President, Association of American Indian Physicians), Deeana Jang (Director of Policy, Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum), Freddette West (Chair, Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Coalition) and Elena Rios, MD (NHMA’s President & CEO).
The main goal of the briefing is to discuss key issues of health care reform legislation to decrease health care costs and increase health care access and quality.
Join Asian Health Services (AHS), the Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO), and the National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians (NCAPIP) and others for a community forum on health care reform and what a public plan option would mean for our communities. Hear from [...]
The National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) has been invited to participate in the development of health care reform legislation for Senators Kennedy and Baucus, Congressmen Waxman, Rangel, and Miller and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. We have been asked to submit our recommendations on reforming the system for inclusion into these bills by June 1st; this gives us a narrow window of three weeks or less to prepare a document for submission to congressional staff. I invite you and your colleagues to join the “NHMA Hispanic Provider Community Forum on Health Care Reform” on our portal: www.hispanichealth.info to share your insights and recommendations for health care reform today.
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