Live Webcast on December 9-"Today's Topics in Health Disparities"

Are Health Disparities Back on the National Agenda?

With a new administration and substantially changed Congress coming to Washington in January, there is a significant opportunity for new policy initiatives to tackle issues of racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care.

On Tuesday, December 9, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. PT/12:00 p.m. CT), the Kaiser Family Foundation will hold a live, interactive webcast to examine the implications of the changes as part of its "Today's Topics in Health Disparities" series.

During the webcast, "Are Health Disparities Back on the National Agenda? Examining the Impact of a New Administration and Congress", expert panelists will take a closer look at what types of policies and initiatives could emerge over the next few years. They will also examine how the new administration might prioritize efforts to eliminate health disparities in the future.

The panelists are:
Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.), Member, House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Health Task Force
Peter Bach, MD, MAPP, Associate Attending Physician, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Former Senior Adviser to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service
Brian Smedley, Vice President of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and Director of its Health Policy Institute

The discussion will be moderated by Cara James, Ph.D., senior policy analyst on race, ethnicity and health care for the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Details Regarding the Webcast
Check out the notice posted on the ADA Health Disparities Central Depository at www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/governance_19296_ENU_HTML.htm

More About "Today's Topics in Health Disparities"
"Today's Topics in Health Disparities" is a series of live, interactive webcasts devoted to addressing a range of issues relating to health and health care disparities in the United States. Each discussion features a panel of experts tackling current issues in health disparities and answering questions from webcast viewers. Previous shows have addressed topics including the influence of immigration policies on health care decisions, federal legislative efforts to address health disparities, and what it would take to eliminate the disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS among African Americans.