Just Medicine: Making the ACA Vision A Reality for African Americans | CBCF ALC '16
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Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference '16
September 14-18
Washington, DC
Join us for a special panel:
Just Medicine: Making the ACA Vision A Reality for African Americans
While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has improved access to health care, the care Black patients access remains inferior to whites, and thus health disparities remain doggedly persistent. This panel will explore the reasons health inequality pervades our system, causing Blacks to die quicker and
live sicker than any other population in America.
Thursday, September 15
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Featuring:
J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health and Director, HHS Office of Minority Health
Dr. Thomas LaVeist
Chair, GWU Milken Institute School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management
Dr. Brian Smedley
Co-Founder and Executive Director, National Collaborative for Health Equity
Daniel Dawes, JD
Executive Director of Health Policy and External Affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine
Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow and University of Colorado Law School/Colorado School of Public Health Professor
Moderated by
Roland S. Martin
Journalist, Host and Managing Editor, NewsOne Now, TV One
Watch it online, and learn more about the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference '16.
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