In preparation for today’s bipartisan health care summit, President Obama posted his health care plan, which builds on the bill passed by the Senate with certain key improvements. Read the full story

The U.S. health care workforce’s lack of health coverage raises “important and perhaps alarming issues,” according to an article in the American Journal of Public Health’s December issue. Read the full story

A new study examines the impact of Massachusetts health reform on direct-care workers. Read the full story

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
October 27, 2009

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Experience of Massachusetts Eldercare and Disability Service Providers Suggests Public Options Essential to Health Coverage

New York, NY — Less than one-fifth of Massachusetts direct-care workers — nursing home assistants, home health care aides, and personal care attendants — are enrolled in employer-sponsored health insurance plans, primarily because they are too costly, according to a new study on the impact of Massachusetts health reform on the state’s largest and fastest-growing employment sector. Read the full story

The National Women’s Law Center has kicked off a campaign to educate women about gender inequities in health care coverage. Read the full story

Advocates for women and families are urging President Barack Obama to take a strong stand to eliminate gender and age discrimination in any national health reform legislation. Read the full story