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Isabel Perera and Lesley Russell explain how minority small business owners, their employees, and their families will benefit from the Affordable Care Act.
Lesley Russell examines gaps in U.S. health care professional training to demonstrate why Congress needs to fund immediately the new National Health Care Workforce Commission.
The Affordable Care Act will help many Americans who currently benefit the least from our health care system, writes Lesley Russell.
Lesley Russell breaks down chronic health conditions and disparities among ethnic and racial groups.
Report from Lesley Russell outlines how provision in the Affordable Care Act should be implemented to help gather data to address health disparities.
Report from Lesley Russell addresses five key issues in addressing current racial and ethnic disparities in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic illnesses.
Lesley Russell examines the specifics of the Republican pledge to demonstrate how it would preserve existing and unconscionable racial health care disparities.
Lesley Russell examines how mental health services could be better integrated into primary care, and how health care reform can help this happen.
Putting federal dollars into Medicaid through FMAP is a tried and true method for stimulating the economy and creating jobs in the hardest-hit states, writes Lesley Russell.
Ellen-Marie Whelan and Lesley Russell outline the public health effects from the gulf crisis, what the administration is doing, and what can be done going forward.
Ellen-Marie Whelan and Lesley Russell outline a new Public Health Response Plan to most effectively respond to the next public health crisis the nation faces.
Lesley Russell and Ellen-Marie Whelan explain why the federal government, not BP, needs to take a leading role in addressing public health concerns in the gulf.