A must for anyone working in health! It’s short, watch it.
New Report Shows Poor People Benefit from Insurance
While states consider cuts to Medicaid, a new report by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows poor people (many of whom are women) do better when they are insured.
Women’s Health Today – January 2011 Podcast
Missed the show on January 21st? Get a podcast here.
My guests included Senator Dede Feldman, democrat from Albuquerque, Senator Sue Wilson Beffort, republican from Albuquerque, sex and gender health policy expert and Women’s Health Services research director, Dr. Justina Trott, and Lisa Codispoti, senior counsel at the National Women’s Law Center.
On the program, we discussed health care reform and what impacts women the most. We discussed the creation of a health coverage marketplace, various proposals during the NM legislative session, and attempts to repeal health care reform or pieces of it. All of this, through a sex and gender lens. Listen now.
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Health Care Policy Briefing Wednesday at UNM
From RWJF Center for Health Policy:
Family & Community Medicine, Master of Public Health Program, NM Cares Health Disparities and the RWJF Center for Health Policy presents-Implementing Health Reform in New Mexico: Challenges and Opportunities for Health Equity Thursday December 9, 2010 Domenici Center For Health Education room 3010 3:30-5:30 PM *The purpose of this briefing is to provide a venue for civic engagement and dialogue on reducing health disparities, promoting health equity and making evidence-informed health policy in New Mexico. This briefing supports “education in-service to our communities” by providing graduate students of the health and social sciences the opportunity to present state-of-the-art policy research to a public audience and to meaningfully engage with health leaders and other community stakeholders (PH 560 Health Policy, Politics & Social Equity, Dr. Lisa Cacari Stone). Questions? Call or Email Lisa Cacari Stone @ 505-615-6856, lcacari-stone@salud.unm.edu
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