As the 2024 election approaches, access to healthcare remains a critical issue, particularly for Black Americans.
Read MoreCentering Black Voices for Better Health Outcomes
American populations are more diverse than ever, and demographic groups of various cultural, ethnic, and racial backgrounds require culturally responsive and informed systems.
Read MoreDoing Away with Death by Implicit Bias in Healthcare
There are many similarities between the U.S. justice and healthcare systems. For instance, when deciding how to de-escalate a tense or time-sensitive situation, both the justice and healthcare systems use protocols that are profile-reliant.
Read MorePrecision Medicine: Will African Americans Be Economically Left Behind?
The Precision Medicine Initiative, the Federal Government’s investment in Genomic Medicine, is a bold new research effort to revolutionize how we improve health and treat disease.
Read MoreConservatives’ War on Obamacare Continues Unabated
It’s Black History Month and as you’re reading these words, more than 7 million Americans have purchased health insurance, in recent weeks, as the deadline to sign up for health care under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was set to expire on Sunday, February 15.
Read MoreCBCF Welcomes Opening of Health Insurance Marketplaces
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) released the following statement today in recognition of the beginning of enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Read MoreHoly Healthcare Reform America!: Obamacare Coming to a Community Near You
Last weekend, on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 I had the extreme pleasure of attending the “Making Good Health My Reality” town hall meeting held in Brooklyn, New York.
Read MoreObamacare – The Problems with Progress
President Barack Obama believed that all Americans should have quality and affordable healthcare, and as such, the President talked at length at times to the American public about his ideas to make this belief a reality.
Read MoreCBCF Braintrust to Facilitate Health Care Tour
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) Health Braintrust will present key information that consumers will need to make effective use of critical provisions in the Affordable Health Care Act that go into effect in October 2013.
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