Understanding US Health Care Reform

Illustrating Health Reform: How Health Insurance Coverage Will Work: http://healthreform.kff.org/the-animation.aspx.In my recent travels to the US, I couldn't understand American attitudes towards the proposed health care reform. Perhaps with all the hype and political wrangling, it is difficult to understand what is being proposed and its potential impact. This 10-minute animated movie, written and produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation, is an excellent, balanced summary of what is being proposed and why.

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NIH Commissioned Study Results on Race, Ethinicity and NIH Research Awards.

A new NIH commissioned study to investigate anecdotal evidence that black biomedical researchers face a a negative bias in grant funding success rates found that is true. The NIH is taking the insights provided by this report seriously and efforts are underway to improve training, mentoring and grant application assistance to minorities.

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Making American Health Care More Efficient

A 21st Century Roadmap for Advancing America’s Health: The Path From Peril to Progress, the 2nd report by the Commission on U.S. Federal Leadership in Health and Medicine was published this week. Drawing on recommendations from working groups representing key areas in which progress is needed, the Commission put forth a comprehensive strategy.

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