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Legislation to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the 110 th Congress

Explore the legislative efforts in the 110th Congress to address racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare. Learn about the political landscape, relevant committees, and the health disparities agenda. Discover key areas of focus such as coverage/access, healthcare quality, and prevention/public health.

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Legislation to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the 110 th Congress

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  1. Legislation to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the 110th Congress Dora Hughes, MD, MPH Health Policy Advisor Senator Barack Obama

  2. 110th Health Disparities Agenda • Political landscape in the Senate • Congressional minority health and health disparities agenda

  3. Senate Health Committees • Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee • Chairman: Senator Kennedy (MA) • Ranking Member: Senator Enzi (WY) • Finance Committee • Chairman: Senator Baucus (MT) • Ranking Member: Senator Grassley (IA)

  4. Legislative Process House Senate Conference House Senate President

  5. 110th Health Disparities Agenda • Coverage/Access • Quality- Acute and Chronic Disease Care • Prevention and Public Health **Education, environment, economic

  6. 110th Health Disparities Agenda Coverage/Access: • SCHIP Reauthorization (ICHIA) • Medicaid/Medicare • Broader health insurance expansion bills • Health Partnership Act (Bingaman) • Healthy Americans Act (Wyden) • Universal Health Care Choice and Access Act (Coburn)

  7. 110th Health Disparities Agenda Healthcare Quality: • Finance • Hospital quality reporting/P4P • Comparative effectiveness • Medicare Part B initiatives • Medical Home • HELP • CHC reauthorization • Health IT (Wired) • RadCARE

  8. 110thHealth Disparities Agenda Prevention and Public Health: • Cross-cutting legislation • Healthy Communities Act, Healthy Places Act • Healthy America Act • FDA Regulation of Tobacco • Disease specific bills • Lead Poisoning, Obesity, RWCA*, PEPFAR*

  9. 110thMinority Health Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Act (S. 1576) • Education & Training • Care & Coverage • Research • Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting • Leadership, Collaboration and National Strategic Action Plan

  10. POLITICS What bills will pass in 2008?

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