IN THE NEWS: Free Clinic Provides Care for Thousands
Yesterday, the National Association of Free Clinics put on the seventh of a national series of massive free clinics, this time choosing D.C.’s Walter E. Washington convention center for the deployment...
View ArticleHEALTH CARE: Linked In
For many rural areas of the country, telemedicine has long been more of an elusive dream than an everyday reality. And the challenge of getting up-to-date specialty care and continuing medical...
View ArticleQUALITY: Focusing on Urban Health
Interesting story in this weekend’s Baltimore Sun about a new residency program at Johns Hopkins that focuses on “urban health,” primary care, and public policy. Young doctors like Deanna Wilson won’t...
View ArticleHEALTH CARE: Stamping Out Soda?
Should people be able to use food stamps to buy sodas and other sugary beverages? New York City thinks not.As we’ve often noted, food policy will increasingly play a large role in health policy, as we...
View ArticleEVENT: Moving Beyond Death Panels
The Health Policy Program invites you to join us at an event tomorrow from 12 to 2pm to discuss the controversial issue of end-of-life care, and the implications it holds for patients, families,...
View ArticleIN THE NEWS: Tweeting Moving Beyond Death Panels
Don't forget to join us today for the event Moving Beyond Death Panels, where a distinguished panel of experts will discuss the implications of the most recent Dartmouth Atlas, Quality of End-of-Life...
View ArticlePRIMARY CARE: Addressing Workforce Attrition
Like many American patients, the American health care delivery system suffers not only from acute crises, but also from a chronic, poorly managed and debilitating disease. Primary care is in trouble....
View ArticleClosing the Health-Wealth Gap
Strategies to Reduce Health Disparities and Create Financial Opportunity Over two million Californians have medical debt. These residents find it difficult to access needed health care or affordable...
View ArticleUnleashing the Power of Health Reform in the Central Valley
A Health-Wealth Conversation Over two million Californians have medical debt. These residents find it difficult to access needed health care or affordable credit. Even after the passage of the...
View ArticleBuilding Health, Promoting Wealth Fall Speaker Series
Over two million Californians have medical debt. These residents find it difficult to access needed health care or affordable credit. Medical debt and its consequences illustrate the detrimental effect...
View ArticleTarnish on the Golden State
How Medical Debt Threatens Family Financial Stability September 27, 2011Leif Wellington Haase Mark Rukavina, Jacquelyn Kercheval Tarnish on the Golden State, a new report issued by the New America...
View ArticleHealthcare Practitioners, Bankers, Community Leaders Gather to Discuss Impact...
September 27, 2011LOS ANGELES – Recognizing the need to assist Los Angeles residents struggling with medical debt, healthcare practitioners today joined financial services providers and community...
View ArticleBriefing: Improving Economic Mobility: Restoring the American Dream for All
Tomorrow, October 20th, Justin King from the Asset Building Program is speaking at a briefing organized by the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus. See the details below from the briefing invitation....
View ArticleLeading Health Indicators: Indicative of What, Exactly?
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of posts contributed by Andrew Wickerham, who attended the 139th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association this week in Washington, DC.Think back...
View ArticleLifting the Medicaid Asset Test: A Step in the Right Direction
Last week the Washington Post featured a piece focusing on the complexities of navigating the safety net – in particular, deciphering the eligibility rules in Medicaid as they apply to different...
View ArticleMy Own "Avoidable Care" Experience
Earlier this year I was sitting in the student lounge of UT Southwestern Medical School searching for health policy internships in DC. I was stunned by how many opportunities I came across, but few...
View ArticleA Supreme Day - In Photos
On Wednesday, June 27th my roommate convinced me that we should give up the comfort of our intern-housing beds for the cold hard concrete of justice and the company of other "Supreme nerds," waiting in...
View Article31 Things the House Could Have Done...
Last week the house voted to repeal Obamacare... again. This marks the 31st time that they have voted to repeal, defund, or otherwise try to hamper the PPACA, even though they have known that such...
View ArticleAdvanced Screening of "Escape Fire" in NYC
On Friday August 6th, the New America Foundation will be hosting an advanced screening of "Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare." The event will take place in New York City from...
View ArticleAsset Building News Week, July 30 - August 3
The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...
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