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Posted on December 21, 2016
Author:
Ellen Hershkin, National President of Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. and Emily Barson, Director of Intergovernmental and External Affairs (IEA) at the U.S. Department of H
Summary: We are counting on you to help spread the word about preventive health benefits and the difference the ACA has made for women’s health.
Posted on December 19, 2016
Author:
Sylvia Mathews Burwell, HHS Secretary and Cecile Richards, President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Summary: The progress that the Affordable Care Act has made for women’s health couldn’t be clearer, and we shouldn’t go backward on any of these improvements.
Posted on December 7, 2016
Author:
Kana Enomoto and Mary Smith
“We continue to address the impacts of alcohol and other drugs, youth suicides, domestic violence and the list continues. However, now is the time to address the source of these symptoms—historical and intergenerational trauma.” —Tribal leader, White House Tribal Nations Conference, 2014
Posted on December 1, 2016
Author:
Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D. and Jimmy Kolker
Summary: Mental and substance use disorders can increase vulnerability to acquiring HIV infection and they can pose serious barriers to successful management of HIV.
Posted on December 1, 2016
Author:
Office of Minority Health
It’s been 35 years since the first recognition of what would become the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. In the decades since, much progress has been made, but as a global community, we have not yet achieved our collective goal of a world free of HIV.
Posted on November 30, 2016
Author:
J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health
Native American Heritage Month is a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories, and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native Americans. It provides an opportunity to educate all Americans about American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribes, to raise awareness about the unique challenges Native communities have faced historically and continue to face today, and the ways in which Tribal leaders and members have worked to conquer these challenges.
Posted on November 29, 2016
Author:
J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health
Fresh winds of transformation are rolling across the expanse of this nation. In American Indian traditional stories, wind is a power larger than life itself throughout the history of the First Americans. During this Native American Heritage Month, we look to the winds of change that are transforming adversity into hope and empowering American Indians and Alaska Natives to live longer, healthier lives.
Posted on November 29, 2016
Author:
Acacia Bamberg Salatti, Director, Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
The work of the HHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships makes a difference because it impacts real people with real challenges.
Posted on November 18, 2016
Author:
Mary K. Wakefield, Ph.D., RN, HHS Acting Deputy Secretary
Summary: Nearly 9 in 10 rural Marketplace consumers will be able to get tax credits to help pay for a plan that works for them and their families.
Posted on November 4, 2016
All across the country, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is helping to make health care accessible to millions of people. In fact, six years after its passage, 20 million more Americans now have health care coverage thanks to the ACA. And we expect this number to grow as more people continue to seek quality, affordable care they need.
Posted on November 1, 2016
Author:
Sylvia Mathews Burwell, HHS Secretary and Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS
Most consumers shopping on the Marketplace will be able to find a plan between $50 and $100 per month, thanks to financial assistance.
Posted on October 24, 2016
Author:
J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health
Every October, our nation is awash in a sea of pink. Everywhere we look we see pink as a reminder of survival and that our fight against breast cancer is not over yet. In my family, as in other families impacted by this disease, it is a reminder of perseverance and of our ability to press on until we find a cure.
Posted on September 29, 2016
Author:
J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health
When Maria Schinstock’s father was diagnosed with diabetes, she asked him to move closer to her so she could help him manage his condition and day-to-day activities. He eventually moved closer to Maria, but by that time his diabetes was in an advanced stage. Taking care of her terminally ill father made her more aware of the lack of information and support patients with chronic illnesses received in her community. This awareness also influenced her work as a promotora de salud, or community health worker.