“The growth of the Health Equity Movement is reflected by a rising number of government entities (local, state, federal) and organizations explicitly recommending and pursuing health equity. This memo compiles the recommendations for 28 of these efforts and provides a table to illustrate the recommendations from nine of these.”
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS! A Senate Briefing on the Cost-Savings of Reducing Health Disparities in Health Reform September 22, 2009 — 12:00 pm-1:30 pm Capitol Visitor Center, Senate Meeting Rooms (SVC) 208 & 209 In order to build support for health reform and inform congressional Members and staff about health and health care disparities, the [...]
Senator Max Baucus, chair of the Finance Committee, released a health reform bill yesterday that falls short of meaningful health reform. The Finance Committee bill does not treat everyone equally or ensure affordable health care for all. It fails to ask employers to share responsibility and provide health care to their workers, and does not [...]
OMO was one of 130 organizations that signed onto a letter addressed to President Obama and members of Congress urging them to leave intact the data collection provisions in health reform legislation. This letter was written in response to information and concerns about the possible negation of health disparities provisions that we have worked so [...]
OMO joins other groups in support of health reform and the inclusion of health disparities provisions in the bill. Our flier, available for download below, is one of many pages in a packet that was distributed to all health staffers in the Senate. OMO believes that health reform MUST reduce health disparities and promote prevention. [...]
Members of the House of Representatives will be voting on health reform legislation after their August recess. The current draft of the bill does much to expand coverage, promote prevention, and ensure language access. We can’t lose this opportunity. Our Representatives need to hear from us during the recess to keep momentum going! Call members [...]
Out of Many, One (OMO) is in support of the Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009 and strongly hopes that it is included in the final health reform legislation. We wrote a letter in support of this legislation to Chairmen Miller, Rangel, and Waxman. It is available for download here: Additionally, Out of Many, [...]
CONGRESSIONAL TRICAUCUS MEMBERS ON HEALTHCARE REFORM: “COVERAGE IS NOT ENOUGH!” (Washington DC) – The Congressional TriCaucus – comprised of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus – will hold a news conference on Tuesday, June 9 at 10 am regarding their priorities for healthcare reform–particularly the need [...]
Trust for America’s Health invites you to an event to release the findings of a new public opinion poll about health reform and prevention. PREVENTION & HEALTH REFORM: WHAT DOES THE PUBLIC THINK? Scheduled speakers: Senator Tom Harkin Bill McInturff Partner and Co-Founder, Public Opinion Strategies Jeffrey Levi, PhD Executive Director, Trust for America’s Health [...]