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Every 24 minutes, someone in America dies because they were uninsured and could not get the care they needed. Now is the time for our nation's leaders to work together to find solutions to cover the uninsured.
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The Issue
Forty-six million Americans, including more than 9 million children, are uninsured. More than 8 out of 10 are in working families. Living without health insurance is a risk no one should have to take.
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Cover the Uninsured Week is March 14-20
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As meaningful health reform draws closer to a reality, you can access the most up-to-date research, data and commentary at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s HealthReform.org Web site. The site even offers a blog where experts weigh in on the leading issues of the day. Or, for up-to-date legislative analysis, check out the Kaiser Family Foundation’s health reform resources page.
- February 24, 2010
Survey reflects overwhelming support for health coverage for children.
- February 17, 2010
While nearly half of U.S. physicians identify language or cultural communication barriers as obstacles to providing high-quality care, physician adoption of practices to overcome such barriers is modest and uneven, according to a new national study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).
- February 10, 2010
Despite the constraints of the recession and uncertainty about the impact of potential federal reforms, many states made great strides in implementing local reforms in 2009, as documented in the new State of the States report from State Coverage Initiatives (SCI).
- February 3, 2010
The recession has significantly increased demands on the health care safety net as millions of people have lost jobs and health insurance, but in some cases the impact on safety net providers has been less severe than expected. That’s according to a new Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) study of five communities—Cleveland; Greenville, S.C.; northern New Jersey; Phoenix; and Seattle.
- February 3, 2010
The impact on spending by government and employers has been a major issue in the current health reform debate. Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and prepared by researchers at the Urban Institute, this brief estimates the cost and coverage implications of the key provisions of the bill passed by the House of Representatives in November 2009.
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