Return-Path: <root> Received: (from root@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f7VBqSP09175 for health-archive@nifl.gov; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:52:28 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200108311152.f7VBqSP09175@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from f04n07.cac.psu.edu (f04s07.cac.psu.edu [128.118.141.35]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f1QIro906670 for <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov>; Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:53:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from [146.186.96.31] (rack31.ed.psu.edu [146.186.96.31]) by f04n07.cac.psu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA236626 for <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov>; Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:53:45 -0500 X-Sender: blv1@email.psu.edu Message-Id: <v04210108b6c0538bad9a@[146.186.96.31]> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:53:45 -0500 To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov From: Barb Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> Subject: resources Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1228908869==_ma============" Resent-From: root@literacy.nifl.gov Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:52:28 -0400 Resent-To: health-archive@nifl.gov Status: O Content-Length: 3985 Lines: 124 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" I have not reviewed these reports; however, they seemed to be relevant to subscribers on this list. Also, I wonder whether literacy was considered as a variable in any findings of these documents? These reports were part of a digest that I receive from HandsNet - see information below. Barb ** The WebClipper Digest and daily Headlines News also available at: http://www.handsnet.org ************************************ The WebClipper Digest is compiled by: Sue Dormanen HandsNet Editor sdormanen@handsnet.org HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDITS LEAVE UNINSURED BEHIND - One in six of the non-elderly are not insured. Unfortunately, the type of individual tax credits now under discussion are unlikely to help many uninsured families obtain quality health care and could erode coverage for substantial numbers of currently insured families, says Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. http://www.cbpp.org/2-15-01tax2.pdf FAMILIES USA SEEKS STORIES ON UNINSURED WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS - For a report documenting that uninsured people with serious health conditions get less care than the insured. Please contact Jennifer Morgan, at 1-800-593-5041, ext. 3613 email: jmorgan@familiesusa.org. ASSISTED LIVING: PAYING THE PRICE - The Washington Post reported on a pattern of financial practices in the assisted-living industry that confuse -- and sometimes mislead -- consumers. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/A26571-2001Feb19.html ****************** Barbara Van Horn NIFL-WORKPLACE List Co-Moderator Assistant Director Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University 102 Rackley Building University Park, PA 16802-3202 Phone: 814-865-5876 Fax: 814-863-6108 E-mail: BLV1@PSU.EDU "Moving adult literacy from the Margins to the Mainstream"
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