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September 21, 2023
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Mexican Government Offers Health Insurance To Undocumented U.S. Immigrants
July 01, 2010
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Study Reveals Strains On Same-Sex Partners When Health Insurance Isn't Available
June 25, 2010
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Should American Indians And Alaska Natives Buy Their Own Health Insurance?
April 07, 2010
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Latino Information Group President: Major Health Insurance Reform Benefits 98% Of Hispanic Businesses
March 25, 2010
This crisis in affordable health insurance is also evident in the 9 percent drop from 68 to 59 percent in employer sponsored insurance coverage among small businesses from 2000-2007, and this trend has only worsened in the current economy. Due to rising costs, over the past two years, half of small businesses that ...
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Barbara Lee Votes To Restore Competition, Fairness In Health Insurance Marketplace
February 25, 2010
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CDC Report Shows 58.4 Million Lacked Health Insurance In Last Year
December 21, 2009
Hispanic persons were “considerably more likely†to be uninsured for the short- and long-term than non-Hispanic white, black, and Asian Americans. And the ...
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Video of NJ Senator Menendez on Health Insurance Reform
October 29, 2009
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$40 Million Awarded to Fund Health Insurance for Uninsured Children
September 30, 2009
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"Six out of Ten US Hispanic Adults Lack Health Insurance", Report States
September 25, 2009
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The Real Questions About Immigrants and Health Insurance Reform
September 22, 2009
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Women's Business Owners Stand by Health Insurance but Cut Back on Coverage
July 29, 2009
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Iowa Gov. Signs Bill That Extends Health Insurance Coverage to More Children
May 21, 2009
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Americans aren't required to buy food, clothing or shelter. So why should they be required to buy health insurance?
May 21, 2009
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New Study Finds Fewer Families Can Afford Health Insurance
May 11, 2009
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SNOWE, DURBIN AND LINCOLN INTRODUCE AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
May 06, 2009
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Caucuses Unite Behind Public Health Insurance Plan Option
April 29, 2009
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Small Business Owners Crushed by Demands of Multi-Payer Health Insurance, Endorse Colorado Guaranteed Health Care Act HB 09-1273
March 18, 2009
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Report: Poverty Linked To Minority Health
September 07, 2011
After a decade-long rise in concentrated poverty, one in 11 residents of metropolitan areas now live in communities where at least 30 percent of their neighbors are poor, according to a pair of studies unveiled today by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. The reports, A Lost Decade: Neighborhood Poverty and the Urban Crisi ...
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$12M Grant To Improve Minority Mental Health
September 02, 2011
Five minority fellowship program grants are being awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for a total of up to $12.2 million. These three year grants will be used to train a new wave of behavioral health care providers. The program focuses on increasing the number of culturally competent behavioral health ...
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Study Looks At Mental Health Of Gay Black Men
August 31, 2011
The harassment, discrimination and negative feelings about homosexuality that Black gay and bisexual men often experience can contribute significantly to mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, a new study finds. “Racism, homo-negativity and the experience of violence and discrimination contribute significantly to mental disorder burden and morbidity in this community,†said Louis F. Graham ...
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$1.5M Mental Health Grant Goes To Black Colleges
August 30, 2011
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is awarding up to $1.5 million, over three years, to Morehouse School of Medicine to enhance the effort to network the 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities throughout the United States to promote behavioral health, expand campus service capacity and facilitate workforce development. ...
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Women's Conference Tackles Reproductive Health Of Blacks
August 25, 2011
Next month, Black Women for Wellness will host its 12th Annual Conference entitled POWER SHIFT: Gathering our Forces, Kicking up Sand, Lifting our Fists, Protecting our Wombs. The conference will begin on Wednesday, September 28, in Culver City, California. The focus of the conference is to provide an open forum ...
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Health Equity Summit Coincides With MLK Memorial Opening
August 23, 2011
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Equity Summit, convened by the Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural and Minority Medicine (IAMMM), continues today as the long-awaited Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is unveiled and opens to the public on the National Mall. Both events sharpen public attention on human rights: the Summit focusing tightly on the health status of minorities and populations in low-resource countries and achieving health equity at the lowest cost. ...
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Minorities Worry About Children's Health More Than White Counterparts
August 22, 2011
The top 10 children’s health concerns among people of all races include childhood obesity, drug abuse, and smoking and teen pregnancy, according to a recent poll by the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll of Children’s Health. The annual poll, released August 15, asked Hispanic, Black and White respondents to rank the importance of 23 health concerns for children in their own community. Different ethnicities indicated varying levels of concern for specific health issues. Overall, Blacks and Hispanics were more likely than Wwhites to rank children’s health issues ...
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Black Is Beautiful, But Is It Unhealthy?
August 18, 2011
Melanin protects darker skin from premature aging and UV rays, but its protection increases the risk of other diseases, according to research presented this month. The body naturally produces vitamin D - a nutrient known for keeping bones strong - when skin is directly exposed to UV rays from the sun. However, since melanin blocks those UV rays, it also inhibits vitamin D production in the body, says Dr. Valerie D. Callender, Associate Professor of Dermatology, Howard University. ...
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Policy Change Aims To Lessen Health Care Disparities
August 04, 2011
To help address serious racial and economic disparities in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in the United States, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) today released a policy statement that outlines specific provisions of 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that have the potential to reduce these disparities. ASCO’s statement makes recommendations to ensure that such provisions ...
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Black Men Place Family, Community Above Personal Health
July 08, 2011
A new study from the University of Michigan School of Public Health says black men place a higher priority on fulfilling social roles such as family provider, father, husband and community member than they do on physical activity---and their health suffers because they don't often find time for both. The study looks at why ...
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Minority Mental Health On Tap For July
June 28, 2011
July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, and Allsup, a nationwide provider of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) representation, is raising awareness of the importance of treatment in improving mental health and accessing resources that support wellness. According to the National Alliance ...
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Report Looks At Health Disparities In The Age Of Personalized Medicine
June 22, 2011
Science Progress, a project of the online magazine Center for American Progress, released “Addressing Race and Genetics: Health Disparities in the Age of Personalized Medicine,†a report that studies how personalized medicine can potentially alleviate racial and ethnic health disparities. Personalized medicine, which is the development of medicines and therapies tailored to patients’ unique genetic traits and risks ...
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How Minority-Owned Small Businesses Benefit From Health Care Reform
June 08, 2011
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act will make a real difference to the competitiveness of minority-owned small businesses. ...
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