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September
2007
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this Issue: Health Care Feature | Partner
Spotlight | Calendar | Welcome
New Partners | In the News | Interesting
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Four Million Americans Find Help Through Partnership for Prescription
Assistance
More
Than 230,000 Helped in California
In
just over two years, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA)
has connected four million individuals nationwide who are uninsured
or lack adequate health care coverage to programs that provide prescription
medicines for free or nearly free. In California, more than 230,000
patients have been helped. The PPA -- sponsored by America's pharmaceutical
research companies -- is the largest private-sector patient assistance
effort helping low-income, uninsured and underinsured people obtain
their medicines through more than 475 public and private patient assistance
programs, including 180 programs offered by pharmaceutical companies.
More than 2,500 brand-name and generic prescription medicines are available
through the participating programs. Read
more about the Partnership for Prescription Assistance...
HEALTH
RESOURCES & REFERENCES
Rx
Help for Californians, A Partnership for Prescription Assistance
Rx Help for Californians, A Partnership for Prescription Assistance
helps uninsured and underinsured people learn if they are eligible for
free or nearly free prescription medicines. Rx Help for Californians
is the state chapter of the national Partnership for Prescription Assistance,
which has matched more than 4 million people nationwide with public
and private patient assistance programs. Learn more about this valuable,
FREE service and how easy it is to use. Click
here for more information.
Medicare
Rx Access Network of California
The Medicare Rx Access Network of California is a network of locally
based health care, social service and professional organizations that
have come together to educate beneficiaries and their caregivers about
the new Medicare prescription drug benefit. Find out more about Low
Income Subsidy enrollment and Medicare's emphasis on preventive services.
For more Medicare information contact: 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227)
or click here for more information.
For
more information on health care resources, visit
the CA Access Web site.
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 Latino
Diabetes Association
Mission
To develop and disseminate culturally relevant information about diabetes,
nutrition, exercise and obesity prevention in the Latino, African-American
and other high-risk communities.
About
The Latino Diabetes Association (LDA) is devoted to helping those diagnosed
with diabetes as well as those at risk for developing the disease. As
the only diabetes organization that focuses on Latinos within the inner
cities and housing projects, the LDA advocates for increased educational
and medical resources for high-risk communities. In addition to disseminating
information, the LDA establishes relationships in the communities they
serve by collaborating with school districts, forming local peer support
groups and providing care services to those in need.
Web
site
www.sclda.org
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Save
the Date!
The
California Partnership for Access to Treatment
invites you to a complimentary luncheon seminar on
Health
Care Disparities in California
Thursday,
September 27
Noon – 2 p.m.
McCormick
& Schmick's Seafood Restaurant
2791 North Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Complimentary Parking Available
R.S.V.P.
to: Andrea at (323) 466-3445 x 240
or e-mail: andrea_s@cerrell.com
Friday,
September 28
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
California
Endowment
101 Second St., 24th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
R.S.V.P.
to Kristen at (916) 658-0144 x 196
or e-mail: kristen@perrycom.com
Be
sure to check out the CPAT
Calendar of Events to find out about upcoming partner conferences,
seminars, fundraisers, and other activities in your area. If you would
like your event listed, please contact Janet at janet@perrycom.com
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Eliminating
Health Disparities
Progressive States Network, August 20, 2007
In
2000, the World Health Organization ranked the U.S. health care system
37th in the world despite spending more than any other country. This
year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. is 42nd in life
expectancy. If you are a person of color, a low-wage worker, non-English
speaking, or live in a low-income community, the picture is much worse.
Click
here for the rest of the story.
Health
Care Disparities Start at the Local Pharmacy
Science Daily, August 16, 2007
Despite
years of effort in reaching out to their local communities, the role
pharmacists play as health care providers still remains unclear to
the people who need them the most -- elderly Americans with multiple
medications for chronic diseases. Click
here to read the rest of the story.
UC
Davis granted $3.9M for Asian American mental health studies
Sacramento Business Journal, August 14, 2007
The
University of California Davis has received a five-year, $3.9 million
federal grant that will establish the Asian American Center on Disparities
Research on the UC Davis campus to support and coordinate the efforts
of researchers studying Asian American mental health. Click
here to read the rest of the story.
Healthy
San Francisco Program More Successful Than Anticipated
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, August 16, 2007
San
Francisco's new universal health care program has enrolled more than
1,000 people since the program started on July 2 at two public health
centers in Chinatown. Enrollment in the program has been higher than
anticipated. Click
here to read the rest of the story.
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Health
Care Disparities in California:
- Percent of adults who feel that they would receive better health
care if they were of a different race; ¹
- 15 percent of African Americans
- 13 percent of Latinos
- 11 percent of Asian Americans
- 1 percent of Whites
- 82 percent of white children compared to as low as 72 percent of
minority children, receive recommended childhood immunizations. Similar
disparities exist between socioeconomic groups. ²
- Many racial and ethnic minorities and persons of lower socioeconomic
positions are less likely to receive screening and treatment for cardiac
risk factors. Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death
in the United States.
- Only 17 percent of Asian Americans and 37 percent of African Americans
with serious mental illness received treatment or counseling in 2003
compared to 50 percent of whites with similar conditions. ³
1.
Health Care Disparities: Facts and Issues. 2004. Center for Medicare
Advocacy, Inc., Available at http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/QualOfCare_FS_HCDisparities.PDF.
2. National Health Care Disparities Report: Summary. February 2004. Agency
for Health Care Research and Quality. Available at http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr03/nhdrsum03.htm.
3. National Health Care Disparities Report, 2005: Appendix D, Data Tables.
January 2006. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality. Available
at http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr05/fullreport/Appd.htm.
CA
Access News welcomes contributions from our partners. Please contact
us if you have suggestions for future events and stories by calling
CPAT at (916) 658-0144, Attn: Janet or e-mail Janet at janet@perrycom.com.
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