HCBE Faculty Presentations
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Advancing Health Equity in a Health Reform Era
Event Location / Date(s)
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Event Name / Location
National Black Nurses Association
Presentation Date
8-2016
Document Type
Conference Presentation
Description
In March 2010, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed into law the most comprehensive of the three laws directly addressing minority health and health disparities – the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152). Together these two pieces of legislation form the health reform law, the most inclusive law ever produced in our nation’s history, which recognizes the impact of disparities in health status, health insurance coverage, treatment, and health services among vulnerable, underserved and marginalized populations in the United States. Many people from vulnerable populations endure severe and pervasive disparities in health status and outcomes and face barriers to obtaining quality health care and public health services. Over the last 30 years with each ensuing Healthy People agenda, only three major pieces of legislation have passed in Congress directly addressing minority health and health disparities. Today, the gains we have made in achieving health equity in our communities are in jeopardy. As we approach the sixth anniversary of the health reform law, it is important to understand what is at stake. The presentation will discuss the progress that has been made in advancing health equity in laws and policies, and provide insight into trends that are taking place in states and territories across the United States. It will also discuss the applicable provisions of the health law that will have the greatest impact on achieving health equity, the legal, political, and budgetary challenges to implementing these provisions, and opportunities that can be leveraged to ensure appropriate implementation of the law in communities across America.
NSUWorks Citation
Dawes, Daniel, "Looking Back, Moving Forward: Advancing Health Equity in a Health Reform Era" (2016). HCBE Faculty Presentations. 1317.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facpres/1317
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