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By: Brianna DAlessio South, Marketing Specialist Over the weekend, the New York Times looked at Donald Trump’s various positions he has on health care. He has flipped between a “full repeal of Obamacare” but then claims, “everybody’s got to be covered.” As former administrator of Medicare and Medicaid Gail Wilensky, points out, “If you repeal …
Category Archives: Public Affairs
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Apr
Apr
On this week’s episode, we talk with Rep. Dr. Alma Allen about the link between health and literacy in children, as well as her interest in the HISD Superintendent position. Joining us from the City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services, HIV/STD Bureau Chief, Marlene McNeese, discusses Mayor Turner’s pilot initiative – Turnaround …
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Apr
April 10 is National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day. This is a day to call attention to how young people are impacted by HIV.
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Apr
Apr
Our first show’s guests are the Honorable Ed Emmett, the Republican Harris County judge, who discusses his support for Medicaid expansion in the state, and the Texas Tribune’s health reporter Edgar Walters who provides the latest on the Zika virus, presidential politics of health care, and more. Listen below and please share the interview via email or social media.
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We are debuting a weekly radio program on health policy and politics on Houston’s 90.1FM beginning April 5. The show is called “The Pulse: Heartbeat of a Healthy Houston” and will air every Tuesday from 4:30-5:00 p.m. “Health care is one of those few kitchen-table issues, below the economy and terrorism, that Americans are consistently …
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Mar
Mar
Last week, Legacy jumped into advocacy on Zika virus funding on behalf of our patients. CEO Katy Caldwell sent letters to members of Congress urging them to stop dragging their feet on funding for the Zika virus, which is the mosquito-borne virus causing severe birth defects in thousands of infants in Latin America. It’s just …
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Legacy is pleased to announce the first-ever END of HIV/AIDS campaign for the City of Houston (#get2zero). The end is in sight. Last year, we applied for and received an AIDS United and Ford Foundation HIV/AIDS (REACH) grant, which supports the improvement of HIV/AIDS-focused policy and advocacy activities at community-based organizations in nine southern states. …
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