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Community Voices Spotlighted in Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved
-- Just Released!
Community Voices is showcased in the February 2006 issue of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. This issue (Vol 17, No 2) largely depicts the work and analysis of community-based access to health care projects conducted as part of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Community Voices Initiative and highlights efforts aimed at eliminating health disparities using education, outreach, interventions and policy initiatives. The authors are individuals on the front line of building and implementing health systems that assure quality care for disenfranchised residents.
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Medicaid’s Larger Debate: What the Future Will Bring
 Dr. Gail Christopher of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies' Health Policy Institute discusses the intense national debate about Medicaid, the country’s largest single health and long-term care plan. She explores the way the debate "has now shifted from ways to improve and better reduce health disparities, to ways to constrain growth and limit services" and the implications for the millions of Americans who rely on the program.
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When Everyone is Covered, Everyone Wins
Charles Frock, President and CEO of FirstHealth Carolinas advocates universal health care.
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Community Voices of the Mid-Carolinas Newsletter-- Winter 2004-2005
News about Community Voices/FirstHealth initiatives in the Mid-Carolinas.
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Turtle Fortifying its Shell
California's Turtle Health Plan wraps up financially strapped year on a good note, inking a proposed agreement with the state DHS that will impact as many as 9,000 Native Americans.
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Community Voices: Speaking Out
Community Voices: Healthcare for the Underserved is a group of national, community-based demonstration projects seeking to develop programs that actually improve the accessibility of people to quality health care, based on real-life demonstrations of what does and can work.We believe that practical examples of service models that reach people are better guides for public and private policy decision-makers than solutions that have not been tested on the ground in communities where real people live, work and seek full service health care that includes oral health care, mental health and substance abuse treatment.We have learned that people have needs for non-fragmented care and that our current system of care does not adequately serve the poor and underinsured. As a result, care for the uninsured and underserved is viewed as a luxury and a privilege rather than as a right.We want to help change this viewpoint, which is a reality in the lives of too many in our nation.
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A Community at the Crossroads
Key findings of a 2003 survey conducted for FirstHealth of the Carolinas reflect that local residents in the report poorer health status on a number of indicators, as compared to the results of a comparable national survey. View the full report: A Community at the Crossroads.
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Dr. Paul Farmer to Give Keynote Address at Multicultural Health Summit
Community Voices and the National Center for Primary Care are bringing together some of the nation's most engaging minds for a meeting aimed at structuring a new paradigm of health care in the United States. The group will discuss ways to enhance health care services in a multicultural society.
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FirstPlan: "A Stroke of Genius"
FirstPlan, a new health care coverage option offered by FirstCarolinaCare, a subsidiary of FirstHealth of the Carolinas, is for businesses with 50 or fewer employees. Built on the concept of shared responsibility, its success depends on the willingness of everyone involved to contribute something so that everyone can benefit. Lowell Simon, a small business owner, thinks the FirstPlan concept is "a stroke of genius."
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Cover the Uninsured Week a success
Forty-five million Americans are living without health coverage, including 8.4 million children. A diverse group of organizations representing thousands of individuals in every sector of American society, came together to organize the third annual Cover the Uninsured Week.
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