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Watts & Sharpton Call for Equity in Health Care Quality and Access

Politics really does make strange bedfellows!

Reverend Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network,  Former Congressman J.C. Watts, and Dr. Gary A. Puckrein, President of the National Minority Quality Forum, called a press conference at the Boriken Neighborhood Health Center in New York City to focus a spotlight on the need for health care reform that eliminates inequities in health care quality and access for America’s emerging majority.

“I truly applaud Dr. Puckrein and the National Minority Quality Forum who have been in the trenches on minority health care disparities for many years,” said J.C. Watts. “I am delighted to have the opportunity to join forces with The Forum and the National Action Network to encourage Congress to oppose any cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments in the final version of health care reform legislation unless the cuts are tied to significant reductions in a state’s uninsured populations.” Read more…

Friday, January 15th, 2010 Healthcare, J.C. Watts Trackback URL for this entry

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