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The Hon. G.K. Butterfield
The Hon. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
The Hon. Corrine Brown
The Hon. Julia Carson
The Hon. Donna Christian-Christensen
The Hon. Yvette Clarke
The Hon. William Lacy Clay, Jr.
The Hon. Emanuel Cleaver II

The Hon. James E. Clyburn
The Hon. John Conyers, Jr.
The Hon. Elijah E. Cummings
The Hon. Artur Davis
The Hon. Danny K. Davis
The Hon. Keith Ellison
The Hon. Chaka Fattah
The Hon. Al Green
The Hon. Alcee L. Hastings
The Hon. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
The Hon. Sheila Jackson Lee
The Hon. William J. Jefferson
The Hon. Hank Johnson
The Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson

The Hon. Stephanie Tubbs Jones
The Hon. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
The Hon. Barbara Lee
The Hon. John Lewis
The Hon. Kendrick B. Meek
The Hon. Gregory W. Meeks
The Hon. Juanita Millender-McDonald
The Hon. Gwendolynne Moore
The Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton
The Hon. Barack Obama
The Hon. Donald M. Payne
The Hon. Charles B. Rangel
The Hon. Bobby L. Rush
The Hon. David Scott
The Hon. Robert C. Scott
The Hon. Bennie Thompson
The Hon. Edolphus Towns
The Hon. Maxine Waters
The Hon. Diane E. Watson
The Hon. Melvin L. Watt
The Hon. Albert Russell Wynn


2010 Fall CBC Health Braintrust:
Rallying the Nation's Health Equity Ambassadors: Working Together to Ensure Appropriate Health Care Reform Implementation


Friday, September 17, 2010
Washington D.C. Convention Center


in cooperation with
 
 

View webcast of national discussion regarding landmark health care reform effort, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Be up-to-date regarding the CBC Health Braintrust -- Rallying the Nation's Health Equity Ambassadors: Working Together to Ensure Appropriate Health Care Reform Implementation.

Webcast features 2010 Fall CBC Health Braintrust expert panelists who discuss health care reform and highlight the important role that the adequate and appropriate implementation of key health care reform provisions will play in improving the health, health care and wellness of all currently underserved individuals and communities.


Welcome Remarks


Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen (D-VI)**
Chairperson, CBC Health Braintrust
Co-Chair, CBC Health and Wellness Task Force

 
 

Congressman Danny K. Davis
Co-Chair, CBC Health and Wellness Task Force
.
 
 


Rodney Gillespie **
Area Sales Director, AstraZeneca
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Daniel Dawes **
Premier Healthcare Alliance
Mr. Dawes provided an overview of the health care reform bill and - honing in on health equity measures - will highlight what has and has not been included, and the next steps that health equity advocates should consider as we move forward.


Session I - Update on Patient Care and Affordability Act
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HR: 3590: SUMMARY AND STATUS
Click Here for Copy of Legislation

What Has Been Implemented and What Is Coming In the Next Year?

Panelists provide an overview of the PPACA provisions that already have been implemented, as well as those currently being planned to launch in the coming year. Panelists from the Office of Minority Health and the new National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health l provide an overview of their plans to reduce health disparities according to the provisions in PPACA..









Session II - New Health Equity Leadership Commission: Moderated Conversation with the Nation's Health Equity Ambassadors
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Members of the newly-established Health Equity Leadership Commission discuss the Commission's objectives, forthcoming efforts and partnership opportunities to ensure health equity in health care reform implementation. Panel discusses various provisions in PPACA that will - if implemented appropriately and funded adequately - have a profound impact on ongoing and future efforts to reduce and ultimately eliminate all health inequities..

 



Health Equity Leadership Commission Members



Mr. Daniel Dawes
Premier Healthcare Alliance
 


Dr. Willarda Edwards
National Medical Association




Ms. Millicent Gorham
National Black Nurses Association, Inc.

Peter Hiebert, Esq.
Winston and Strawn, LLP



Dr. Marjorie Innocent
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.

Dr. Tom LaVeist,
Professor and Director Center for Health Disparities Solutions at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health



Dr. Brian Smedley
Health Policy Institute at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies




Mr. Chris Porter
Norvo Nordisk


Mr. Bruce Lesley
First Focus





Makani Themba-Nixon
The Praxis Project



Ms. Mara Youdelman
 National Health Law Program
     
     
     
 
For more information, call Office of Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen, Chair, CBC Health Braintrust, at 202-225-1790
 
 

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