May 02, 2008
House introduces Health Equity and Accountability Act
Representative Joe Baca writing at the Huffington Post:
Latino children are less likely to receive adequate medical care, such as routine examinations and vaccinations. Latinos and African-Americans comprise 60% of all HIV/AIDS cases in the country. It is evident that priority must be given to diminishing these health disparities. If we have any chance of fixing health care for our community as a whole, action must be taken now.
To help address this issue the House has introduced the Health Equity and Accountability Act, H.R. 3014.
Bonus: The journal, Archives of Surgery, is soliciting papers for a year long theme on the topic of disparities in health care.
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Posted by David Porter at 08:00 AM
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