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Archived Materials

Letters to the 111th Congress

  • Coalition letter urging the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee to eliminate health disparities in the upcoming reform (May 6, 2009)
  • Coalition letter urging President Obama to tackle health disparities via health reform (April 27, 2009)
  • Coalition letter asking the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to hold a hearing on addressing health disparities in health reform legislation (April 15, 009)
  • Coalition letter to the House and Senate with recommendations for improving health equity in health reform legislation (March 4, 2009)
  • Coalition letter urging President Obama to make achieving health equity a priority (January 29, 2009) 
  • Coalition letter in support of Sen. Stabenow's efforts to ensure that the electronic health care system under development includes the capacity to collect standardized data on health disparities measures (January 26, 2009)

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