News 2013
Black Notables Making the Affordable Care Act Happen: Damon Davis
One in a series spotlighting African Americans who are playing an integral part in implementing the historic Affordable Care Act.
Meet Damon Davis, director of the Health Data Initiative in the Chief Technology Office at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). He is responsible for leading HHS's efforts to promote data transparency for innovation in health care, a key administrative program.
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Focusing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: The HIV Care Continuum Initiative
As we celebrate the third anniversary of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, our nation’s first comprehensive plan to address the domestic epidemic, President Barack Obama has reaffirmed the Administration’s commitment to the Strategy’s vision and goals, and directed federal departments to prioritize addressing the HIV continuum of care as they continue to implement the Strategy.
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Analysis: N.Y. Insurance Market Called 'Poster Child' For Individual Mandate
The nosedive in health insurance prices that New York officials announced earlier this week was driven by many factors, but the most important was the individual mandate, a central component of Obamacare.
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Insurance, Housing, Age Tied to Unstable Early HIV Care in SF
Lack of insurance or housing and younger age predicted poor engagement in care and low viral suppression rates among people newly diagnosed with HIV in San Francisco.
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‘Fruitvale Station’ Is More Than a Movie, It’s a Landmark
When audiences see actor Michael B. Jordan get pulled off the BART train in “Fruitvale Station,” they’ll see the dramatized last moments of Oscar Grant’s life, filmed at the actual station where BART police officer Johannes Mehserle killed him on New Year’s Eve 2009. The feature film premiered nationally on July 12 to plenty of early buzz and rave reviews for director Ryan Coogler’s debut effort, and for performances from actors like Jordan and Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer, who plays Grant’s mother. But for many in the Bay Area who lived through Grant’s death and the national outrage that followed, the real-life sets will be just as arresting.
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