Minority Health and Health Equity Archive
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Item The Income Divide in Health Care: How the Affordable Care Act Will Help Restore Fairness to the U.S. Health System(2012) Collins, Sara R.; Robertson, Ruth; Garber, Tracy; Doty, Michelle M.; Lorber , DeborahThe new Commonwealth Fund Health Insurance Tracking Survey of U.S. Adults finds nearly three of five adults in families earning less than 133 percent of the federal poverty level were uninsured for a time in 2011; two of five were uninsured for one or more years. Low- and moderate-income adults who were uninsured during the year were much less likely to have a regular source of health care than people in the same income range who were insured all year. In addition, uninsured lower-income adults were more likely than insured adults in the same income group to cite factors other than medical emergencies as reasons for going to the emergency room. These included needing a prescription drug, not having a regular doctor, or saying that other places cost too much. The Affordable Care Act will substantially narrow these inequities through an extensive set of affordable coverage options starting in 2014.Item The Effects of Financial Pressures on Adherence and Glucose Control Among Racial/Ethnically Diverse Patients with Diabetes(2011) Ngo-Metzger, Quyen; Sorkin, Dara H.; Billimek, John; Greenfield, Sheldon; Kaplan, Sherrie H.Abstract available at publisher's website.Item Promoting Prevention through the Affordable Care Act(2010) Koh, Howard K.; Sebelius, Kathleen G.No abstract available.Item Communities of color suffer from lack of health insurance(2011) Hallman, CharlesAlthough the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be fully implemented by the end of 2014, several aspects of it already has been put in place. For instance, young adults and children with preexisting conditions no longer can be denied health insurance because of ACA changes already in effect. Over the next few months the MSR will be highlighting changes yet to come. Healthcare experts and advocates argue that Blacks and other people of color in this country have disproportionately high numbers of uninsured and underinsured adults and children. As a result, the ACA, which became law in March 2010, will...Item Advancing a National Agenda to Eliminate Disparities in Pain Care: Directions for Health Policy, Education, Practice, and Research(2011) Meghani, Salimah H.; Polomano, Rosemary C.; Tait, Raymond C.; Vallerand, April H.; Anderson, Karen O.; Gallagher, Rollin M.Abstract available at publisher's web site.Item Implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for Health Inequities(2010) Smedley, Brian; Andrulis, Dennis P.; James, Cara V.; Pañares, ReaTo assess implications , opportunities, and challenges of health care reform for improving the health and health care of racially and ethnically diverse populations.Item Barbara Lee, Tri-Caucus Members Introduce the Health Equity and Accountability Act(2011) DeKleer , KristalToday, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) introduced the Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011, a bill that complements the efforts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and focuses on eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities. The bill was formally introduced today by Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Chair of CAPAC’s Healthcare Taskforce, and included 68 original cosponsors. “This legislation will serve a vital purpose in our nation’s health care system, bringing health equity to all corners of our nation,” said Rep. Barbara Lee, Chair of the Healthcare Task…Item Cuts to Community Health Centers Harm Communities of Color the Most(2011) Ajinkya, Julie; Bryant, GabbyCommunity health centers were a crucial source of health care for more than 20 million people nationwide in 2010, but the centers disproportionately served members from underserved groups such as communities of color and low-income populations.Item Joint Center Submits Comments on Proposed HHS Race/Ethnicity Data Collection Standards(2011) Everett, Ralph B.From a health equity standpoint, one of the most important provisions of the Affordable Care Act is the requirement that all health and health care institutions that receive federal funds must collect data on the race, ethnicity, and primary language of the patients they serve. Having this information will allow policymakers, researchers, and advocates understand when, where, and under what circumstances health and health care inequities may occur. There is disagreement in the field, however, about how to collect this data, and even about what the terms "race" and "ethnicity" mean. In response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' call for comments, the Joint Center prepared a letter to Secretary Kathleen Sebelius outlining some considerations for the collection of race and ethnicity data