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Health Justice CT

@HealthJusticeCT

Movement dedicated to raising awareness about racial and ethnic health disparities and achieving health justice for all. #healthequity

 Connecticut
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Barack Obama
@BarackObama29 Oct 2015
Spread the word: There are nearly 10.5 million uninsured Americans who may be eligible to #GetCovered in 2016.
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How primary-care doctors are handling the influx of newly insured, by @DrewAltman @DavidBlumenthal on.wsj.com/1KVjzDM via @WSJPolitics
How Primary-Care Physicians Are Handling the Influx of Newly Insured

How Primary-Care Physicians Are Handling the Influx of Newly Insured

Drew Altman and David Blumenthal: Overall, the nation’s front-line providers report that their practices have been able to keep up with demand without a negative impact on quality of patient care.

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Supriyo SB Chatterjee@sbc11123 Jul 2015
Connecticut's Health Exchange Concerned About Coverage Gap for 1,300 Exiting #Medicaid #hcsmct ##Coverage2CareCT fw.to/GhxKyuG
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What I Learned From Reporting On Racial Health Disparities In Kentucky sickandtired.wfpl.org/what-i…
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KFF@KFF2 Sep 2015
Examine racial disparities in access to - and utilization of - health care among insured adults kaiserf.am/1EpSIx1 #Medicaid #ACA
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Community Health Workers Hold Promise for Oral Health Equity /via @CTHealth cthealth.org/blog/ohandchws/
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Here's our latest news roundup - wp.me/p65c6v-1V8 #healthequity
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Arielle Levin Becker@ariellelb12 Aug 2015
Uninsured rate is falling but racial/ethnic disparities persist: Uninsured Hispanics 28.3%. Blacks 15.5%. Whites 8.7% bit.ly/1N35kg6

New England uninsured rate less than half the national average

Among New England states, 4.3 percent of residents were uninsured at the time they were interviewed, compared to a national average of 9.2 percent, according to the National Health Interview Survey.

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Report: Latino and Black Kids Targeted With Junk Food Ads, Linked to Obesity colorlines.com/articles/repo… via @Colorlines
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Insights Into Hispanics’ Enrollment On The Health Insurance Exchanges healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/…
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A Racial Gap In Attitudes Toward Hospice Care khne.ws/1WJt6RJ via @khnews
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California Endowment
@CalEndow25 Aug 2015
Disparities in treatment & outcomes between white patients & patients of color continue to plague our health system spr.ly/6014BHRXj

Can Health Care Be Cured Of Racial Bias?

A growing body of research suggests that doctors' racial biases and other prejudices continue to affect the care patients received. Medical educators say self-awareness is an important first step.

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KFF Health News@KFFHealthNews7 Aug 2015
“Once a super-utilizer, always a super-utilizer"? Maybe not: khne.ws/1gPX9Xr
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Tomorrow's Health Care System Needs Community Health Workers: A Policy Agenda /via @CTHealth cthealth.org/publication/chw…
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"Once a benefit for poor single parents and their kids, Medicaid now covers mental illness, disabilities, the... fb.me/3EZ5ZDEXb
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#Medicaid Is 50 and Looking Good tinyurl.com/nf897s7
"Making sure people of color have options for accessing health care services should remain a priority."... fb.me/7FeoevZd6
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What’s Law Got to Do With It? How Medical-Legal Partnerships Reduce Barriers to Health rwjf.ws/1HhVuiA via @RWJF
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Health insurance coverage among black and Hispanic Americans saw some big improvements last year theverge.com/2015/7/15/89653… via @verge
Health insurance coverage among black and Hispanic Americans saw some big improvements last year

Health insurance coverage among black and Hispanic Americans saw some big improvements last year

But a third of Hispanics still don’t have health insurance

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New state budget is in effect this month, which means new changes to some #medicaid recipients: bit.ly/1Jemqp9
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