HHS's Health Disparities Action Plan

Health Affairs recently had a terrific conference (and new issue) on battling health disparities.  I enjoyed listening to the podcast recording of Howard Koh, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), describing his agency's Action Plan for reducing disparities. From the abstract: 

The 2011 HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities not only responds to advice previously offered by stakeholders around the nation, but it also capitalizes on new and unprecedented opportunities in the Affordable Care Act of 2010 to benefit diverse communities. The Action Plan advances five major goals: transforming health care; strengthening the infrastructure and workforce of the nation’s health and human services; advancing Americans’ health and well-being; promoting scientific knowledge and innovation; and upholding the accountability of HHS for making demonstrable progress. 

The entire issue is well worth reading. 

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