Highlights from Health Action 2013
Communities of Color
Addressing Unequal Treatment: Disparities in Health Care (The Commonwealth Fund)
Health Insurance Plans Address Disparities in Care: Highlights of a 2004 AHIP/RWJF Quantitative Survey—Collection and Use of Data on Race and Ethnicity (America's Health Insurance Plans)
Trends in Health Insurance Coverage and Access Among Black, Latino and White Americans, 2001-2003 (Center for Studying Health System Change)
Unequal Access: Insurance Instability Among Low-Income Workers and Minorities (The Commonwealth Fund)
American Indians and Alaska Natives: Health Coverage and Access to Care (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Health Care Experiences—2002 National Survey of Latinos Survey Brief (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Women's Health Coverage and Access to Care (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Factors Affecting the Health of Men of Color in the United States: An Overview (Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies)
Reducing Health Disparities: Why and How Companies Are Making It Their Business (Washington Business Group on Health)
Prescription Drug Access Disparities Among Working-Age Americans (Center for Studying Health System Change)
Cultural Competence in Health Care: Is it important for people with chronic conditions? (Center on Aging Society)
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Immigrants
Immigrants and Health Coverage: A Primer (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Covering New Americans: A Review of Federal and State Policies Related to Immigrants' Eligibility and Access to Publicly Funded Health Insurance—Executive Summary (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Undocumented Aliens: Questions Persist about Their Impact on Hospitals' Uncompensated Care Costs (General Accounting Office)
Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants (Network: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby)
The Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act (ICHIA): A Good Investment in America's Future (Families USA)
Language Access in Health Care Statement of Principles (National Health Law Program)
The Language Access Act of 2003— Summary (Families USA)
Dual Eligibles and QMBs/SLMBs
Dual Eligibles: Medicaid's Role for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Dual Eligibles (Center for Medicare Education)
Medicare Savings Program: Helping Your Clients Get and Use the Benefits (Center for Medicare Education)
Gearing up: States Face the New Medicare Law—Is Your State Ready for 2006? (Families USA)
The New Medicare Prescription Drug Law: Issues for Dual Eligibles with Disabilities and Serious Conditions—Executive Summary (Kaiser Family Foundation)
People with Disabilities
A Health-Conscious Safety Net? Health Problems and Program Use among Low-Income Adults with Disabilities (Urban Institute)
Olmstead v. L.C.: The Interaction of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Medicaid (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Waiting for Medicare: Experiences of Uninsured People with Disabilities in the Two-Year Waiting Period for Medicare—Executive Summary (The Commonwealth Fund)
Women
Women's Health Insurance Coverage (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Health Coverage and Access Challenges for Low-Income Women (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Medicaid's Role for Women (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Women and Medicaid (National Women's Law Center)
Fast Facts on Mental Health, Insurance and Women (Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law)
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