Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g2LGqLu00614; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:52:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:52:21 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <v04210118b8bfbf10faf5@[128.148.147.35]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Janet Isserlis <Janet_Isserlis@Brown.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:529] Re: New from NCLE: Q & A on Health Care X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 920 Lines: 27 thanks for this - i've add the link to my advocacy page (http://www.brown.edu/lrri/advocate.html ) janet > > > > > > >These very real challenges (from Miriam Burt's message) are even more >relevant after taking into account the release of a report (as >highlighted in today's washington post) indicating the following: > > > Minorities in America -- even those with private health insurance >-- receive > > lower-quality care than that given to whites, a pattern so widespread and > > severe that it contributes to higher death rates and shorter lifespans, a > > major report released yesterday says. > >I am pasting below the link to the article---it's actually very alarming >and illustrates the tremendous need for continued advocacy for better >access to services for the LEP population in this country. > >To view the entire article, go to >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58893-2002Mar20.html
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