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June 16, 2009
June 16, 2009Consumer Watchdog called on Congress to ban any health insurance employee from receiving bonuses for canceling, delaying, or denying necessary medical care to patients based on new evidence made public today. Full release.
President Obama's Town Hall on immigration reform -- canceled a second time last week and awaiting a new date -- includes no proponent of the most viable real-world option: The Red Card Solution. Helen Krieble, small business owner and author of the Solution, is working to change that. Full release.
The United Nations special rapporteur on racism offered recommendations for the U.S. to address ongoing issues of discrimination in a presentation before the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) today. At the invitation of the United States government, former special rapporteur Doudou Diene toured the U.S. in May and June 2008 to conduct an analysis of ongoing racism and ethnic discrimination. Today, current special rapporteur Githu Muigai presented Diene's findings. This is the first session of the UNHRC in which the U.S. is participating as a member. Full release.
Through an Op-Ed appearing in today's New York Times, a former U.S. Homeland Security advisor has called on the Obama Administration to quickly give U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents the authority to conduct drug investigations. ICE is the lead investigative arm for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and can investigate any drug crime with a nexus to the border ... except drug crimes. Full release.
A new poll conducted for the Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap (CATG) initiative found that, regardless of race, age, where people live or income, most Americans know someone personally who has been addicted to alcohol or drugs, are worried about access to affordable treatment and support including treatment in national health care reform. The CATG initiative seeks to ensure that all people who need alcohol or drug addiction treatment have access to quality treatment services. Full release.
The PepsiCo Foundation and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the world's largest humanitarian agency which fights hunger worldwide, today announced a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing the ability of WFP to deliver food and relief to the most vulnerable communities around the globe. Full release.
On June 9, 2009, the White House convened a roundtable discussion on health disparities with attention on provisions needed in health reform to improve the health of vulnerable communities including African Americans, Hispanics, Asian and Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, the disabled, and others. Roundtable participants included a number of key stakeholder organization representatives including the Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Coalition (REHDC) Chair/African American Health Alliance (AAHA) Director, Fredette West. As action on health reform escalates, West continues to urge communities of color to intensify their involvement both in Washington and back at home to make sure that the President and Congress know what their needs are. "Make a call; write a letter; send an email. Call the White House at 202-456-1414 or 202-456-1111, and the Congress at 202-225-3121, and/or contact them through whitehouse.gov; healthreform.gov; house.gov; and/or senate.gov and ask others to do the same," said West. Full release.