Return-Path: <root> Received: (from root@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f7VBst610413 for health-archive@nifl.gov; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:54:56 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200108311154.f7VBst610413@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from f04n01.cac.psu.edu (f04s01.cac.psu.edu [128.118.141.31]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f5IEtuf03316 for <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov>; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:55:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [146.186.96.31] (rack31.ed.psu.edu [146.186.96.31]) by f04n01.cac.psu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA49192 for <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov>; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:55:56 -0400 X-Sender: blv1@email.psu.edu Message-Id: <p05001901b753c665a91d@[146.186.96.31]> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:55:56 -0400 To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov From: Barb Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> Subject: Hands Net resources Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Resent-From: root@literacy.nifl.gov Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:54:55 -0400 Resent-To: health-archive@nifl.gov Status: O Content-Length: 2320 Lines: 51 Although the following information doesn't relate directly to health literacy, there are implications for families on welfare or in low-paying jobs who also often include parents and other adults with limited literacy: The following information was gleaned from WebClipper Digest, HandsNet's weekly overview of cross-cutting human services news from throughout the World Wide Web. For daily Headlines news, Alerts and Discussions, and to start your personal clipping service tailored to your needs, visit WebClipper at http://www.webclipper.org. Free trial WebClipper memberships are available on our public site at http://www.handsnet.org. ************************************ JUNE 15, 2001 HCFA GETS NEW NAME AND STRUCTURE - Renamed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency that handles public health insurance for 70 million poor, elderly and disabled Americans will be reorganized into three divisions with the aim of promoting greater responsiveness to states, providers and patients. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4825-2001Jun14.html MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT AMENDMENT COULD INCREASE NUMBER OF UNINSURED - A likely amendment to The Patient's Bill of Rights could drive up the price of health insurance, reports Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The amendment would create a new tax shelter for healthy, affluent individuals. http://www.centeronbudget.org/6-12-01health.htm TRENDS SHOW DISTURBING EROSION IN EMPLOYER-SPONSORED HEALTH PLANS - The decline is greatest for low-wage workers, reports The Commonwealth Fund. Two-thirds of private-sector workers had health insurance coverage through their own employers in 1979, but just over half did by 1998. Rates fell from 42% to 26% for workers in the bottom fifth of the hourly wage scale. http://www.commonwealthfund.org/media/releases/medoff449_release06132001.asp -- ****************** Barbara Van Horn NIFL-WORKPLACE List Co-Moderator Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy Co-Director, Goodling Institute for Research in Family 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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