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Kaiser’s Monthly Update on Health Disparities
Summaries of the news related to health and health care issues that affect underserved and racial and ethnic communities, recent journal articles and other research developments in the field.

Today's Topics on Health Disparites: HHS' Action Plan to Reduce Health Disparities
On April 25, a live webcast featuring a panel of experts examined the new HHS action plan to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. The program addressed the contents of the strategy and its timeline for implementation, implications for providers, and how the new strategy relates to other federal efforts and to health reform implementation.

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Kaiser’s Monthly Update on Health Disparities -- April 2011
This free, monthly update synthesizes news coverage from hundreds of print and broadcast news sources related to health and health care issues affecting underserved and racial and ethnic communities. The update also summarizes recent journal articles and other research developments in the field and features a data slide from a relevant Kaiser Family Foundation publication.

Physician Willingness and Resources to Serve More Medicaid Patients: Perspectives from Primary Care Physicians -- April 2011

This issue brief from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured analyzes data from a nationally representative survey of physicians to assess which adult-care primary care physicians are most likely to respond to health reform’s changes by serving additional Medicaid beneficiaries. It also profiles key aspects of their practices, patient care resources, and constraints on their capacity.

Summary of New Health Reform Law -- April 2011
This summary reflects provisions of the comprehensive health reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law in March 2010, as changed by subsequent legislation.

The Digital Divide And Access To Health Information Online -- April 2011
This new Data Note, using data from The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University Race and Recession Survey, conducted Jan. 27-Feb. 9, 2011, examines racial and ethnic disparities in the shares who report seeking out health information online, and explores the broader question of how disparities in Internet access might impact the abilities of different groups to access health care information available on the web as part of the Affordable Care Act.

A Profile of Health Insurance Exchange Enrollees -- March 2011
This report provides a demographic profile of those individuals expected to gain health insurance through the exchanges in 2014 under health reform.

Fact Sheet: Black Americans and HIV/AIDS -- March 2011
This updated fact sheet highlights the epidemic’s impact on Black Americans, providing current data and trends over time.

Fact Sheet: Latinos and HIV/AIDS -- March 2011
This updated fact sheet highlights the impact of HIV/AIDS on Latinos in the United States, providing current data and trends over time.

The Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program: Application Process -- October 2010
The Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program: Application Process

Tutorial: Health Reform: An Overview -- October 2010

New kaiserEDU tutorial provides an overview of the health reform law and major provisions on coverage, quality of care, and cost containment.

Health Reform and Communities of Color: Implications for Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities -- September 2010
This issue brief examines the key provisions of the 2010 health reform law that will expand health coverage and are likely to improve access to care for people of color, as well as some of the other provisions that will likely have either a direct or indirect impact on health disparities.

This free, monthly update synthesizes news coverage from hundreds of print and broadcast news sources related to health and health care issues affecting underserved and racial and ethnic communities. The update also summarizes recent journal articles and other research developments in the field and features a data slide from a relevant Kaiser Family Foundation publication.

This issue brief from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured analyzes data from a nationally representative survey of physicians to assess which adult-care primary care physicians are most likely to respond to health reform’s changes by serving additional Medicaid beneficiaries. It also profiles key aspects of their practices, patient care resources, and constraints on their capacity.

This summary reflects provisions of the comprehensive health reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law in March 2010, as changed by subsequent legislation.

This new Data Note, using data from The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University Race and Recession Survey, conducted Jan. 27-Feb. 9, 2011, examines racial and ethnic disparities in the shares who report seeking out health information online, and explores the broader question of how disparities in Internet access might impact the abilities of different groups to access health care information available on the web as part of the Affordable Care Act.

This report provides a demographic profile of those individuals expected to gain health insurance through the exchanges in 2014 under health reform.

This updated fact sheet highlights the epidemic’s impact on Black Americans, providing current data and trends over time.

This updated fact sheet highlights the impact of HIV/AIDS on Latinos in the United States, providing current data and trends over time.

The Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program: Application Process

New kaiserEDU tutorial provides an overview of the health reform law and major provisions on coverage, quality of care, and cost containment.

This issue brief examines the key provisions of the 2010 health reform law that will expand health coverage and are likely to improve access to care for people of color, as well as some of the other provisions that will likely have either a direct or indirect impact on health disparities.

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Disparities Policy Project

A substantial and growing body of research indicates that race/ethnicity continues to matter in the U.S. health care system. Racial/ethnic background affects health status, health insurance coverage, and health care access and quality. The aggregate data used to produce national averages often mask disparities for people of color — especially those who are poor or near poor.

This section provides data and information on Latinos, African Americans, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Natives, who together make up nearly a third of the U.S. population. The fact sheets, chart packs, reports, surveys and webcasts gathered here can help to inform efforts to reduce disparities in health care access and quality.

The Foundation seeks to improve knowledge and understanding of the relationship between race/ethnicity and health care, through policy research and analysis, and media and public education activities. The Foundation also supports the development of new leadership in health policy through the Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program, which annually provides talented college students of color the opportunity to work in a congressional office with major health policy responsibilities.