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The Greatest Advance for Women in a Generation

Posted by Jean Silver-Isenstadt, MD, PhD, NPA Executive Director January 26, 2012 at 10:01 AM

I attended a health policy conference last week where the buzz was women.  The question on everyone’s mind was: Why aren’t American women angrier that every last one of the Republican candidates for president has threatened to repeal a law that has brought the greatest advance for women in a generation?   The experts had an [...]

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Medicaid: A Lifeline Under Attack

Posted by Adair Parr, MD, JD June 13, 2011 at 6:48 PM

This article is written by Rishi Manchanda. It is cross posted from The Huffington Post, where it originally appeared on June 13, 2011.   Mr. M walked into the community clinic where I work with a portable oxygen tank in tow. At 62, he’s gaunt and winded, battling a disease that is progressively scarring his [...]

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