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		<title>Medicaid Makes a Difference Report</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2433/medicaid-makes-a-difference-report/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=medicaid-makes-a-difference-report</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Reese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress is locked in a budget battle that&#8217;s grabbed round-the-clock media attention. Lost in the coverage are the real stakes in the debate, including the lives of the more than 50 million people covered by Medicaid, which is now in the budget-cutting cross-hairs. More than half of these 50 million are people of color. Racial disparities in health coverage have<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2433/medicaid-makes-a-difference-report/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Health Rights Organizing Project Plans Next Steps Toward Equitable Health Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Reese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly a year after the passage of health care reform, the Alliance for a Just Society convened members of its Health Rights Organizing Project, a national collaboration of grassroots community organizations working on health care, to reflect on that victory and to develop next steps in the long march towards an equitable health care system.  This was the first face-to-face<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/1992/hrop-plans-next-steps-toward-equitable-health-care/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Establishing State Exchanges that Serve People, Not Insurance Profits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Reese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health care reform, if fully realized, will provide health insurance coverage for an additional 30 million people in America. One of the main ways this will happen is through the creation of centralized health insurance marketplaces, or &#8220;state exchanges.&#8221; If set up properly and well, people without insurance will be able to go to their state exchange and acquire quality<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/1704/establishing-state-exchanges-that-serve-people/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On Language Access, Holding HHS Accountable to People, Not Insurance Companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Reese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is currently creating the regulations that basically put the meat on the bones of this country&#8217;s health care reform law. It is the outcome of these rule-making decisions that will determine the success, or failure, of reform. NWFCO, with the Health Rights Organizing Project, has been weighing in on key aspects of<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/1636/in-language-access-holding-hhs-accountable/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>HROP Members Tell HHS: &#8220;We’re Sick Of Not Being Heard&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/1577/hrop-members-tell-hhs-we%e2%80%99re-sick-of-not-being-heard/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hrop-members-tell-hhs-we%25e2%2580%2599re-sick-of-not-being-heard</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danisha Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost nine percent of people in the United States are of limited English proficiency. To understand and navigate their health insurance–and get the care they require–they need access to competent interpretation and translation. Access to such language services is a matter of civil rights and is currently under threat by new rules established by Health and Human Services. Upon learning<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/1577/hrop-members-tell-hhs-we%e2%80%99re-sick-of-not-being-heard/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Health Rights Organizing Project Members Work with HHS to Ensure Language Access</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, September 14, NWFCO organized a meeting in Washington, D.C. with the Department of Health of Human Services to discuss the importance of language access in health care. Members from NWFCO and several organizations from the Health Rights Organizing Project, including Make the Road New York, The Community Service Society of New York, The National Korean American Service &#38;<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/1556/hrop-members-work-to-ensure-language-access/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Native Health Underfunded and Promises Unfulfilled: The Importance of Investing in the Indian Health Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Reese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If the Indian Health Service was fully funded, we would be able to implement some of the programs we can’t currently offer. And I believe there would be a direct correlation between increased funding and improved health status for Native people.&#8221; &#8211;Dr. Donna Polk-Primm, CEO, Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition The Northwest Federation of Community Organizations and partners in the<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/1483/native-health-underfunded-and-promises-unfulfilled/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>House Takes First Step To Increase Indian Health Services Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Daley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The average cost of mainstream health insurance plans is approximately 40% greater than the Indian Health Service (IHS) funding level for American Indian and Alaska Native people. This funding gap limits health care services and contributes to the lingering disparities of death and disease among Indians. The first step needed to redress this shortfall was achieved this year when Congress<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/1257/house-takes-first-step-to-increase-ihs-funding/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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