Health Reform: Paving the Way to Equity
How Health Reform Helps...
A series of fact sheets that highlight how the new health reform law will
help America's communities of color by expanding coverage, increasing funding
for community health centers, and providing grants for workforce
diversity. By population: African
Americans l American
Indians and Native Alaskans l Asian
Americans l Latinos
l Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders
Health Reform: Laying the Foundation for Equity
This PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of some the
provisions in the new law that will help close the gap, including prevention
and public health, coverage expansions, and initiatives that specifically
address health care disparities. The notes section includes a script that has a
more in-depth discussion of each topic.
Moving toward Health Equity: Health Reform Creates a Foundation for
Eliminating Disparities
This issue brief summarizes provisions that will expand access
to care through Medicaid and community health centers and those that will
address health disparities by promoting language access, increasing workforce
diversity, and reauthorizing the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
Health Reform: Help for American Indians and Alaska Natives
This issue brief discusses changes made by the new health reform
law, including the overdue reauthorization of the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act, and explains how these changes will benefit these two groups.
