The spring issue of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (JHCPU 24.2) is now available online and in print. Major themes are homelessness, immigration, primary care, innovative programs and health policy. View the online table of contents. Advancing Obesity Prevention is the theme of the spring supplement to the JHCPU. The supplement was produced in collaboration between the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and the Health Resources and Services … [Read more...]
Policy Brief on Medicaid Expansion
February 4, 2013 by
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council has developed a very reader-friendly four-page policy brief on Medicaid expansion. We encourage you to use it in your advocacy efforts, particularly in those states reluctant to expand their Medicaid programs. The Affordable Care Act gives states for the very first time the option to provide coverage for the lowest income adults in their States, without regard to disability, parental status or most other categorical limitations. Download Medicaid … [Read more...]
House Calls for the Homeless
January 28, 2013 by
USA Today's House calls for the homeless: Street docs find no quick fix profiles Street Medicine Detroit – a program involving about 100 Wayne State medical students who visit patients in the homeless shelters, parks and underpasses where they live. Also featured in the article is ACU Member Jim Withers. Withers, a pioneer in taking health care to the streets to reach the chronically homeless, began his nightly excursions to meet the homeless on their own turf in 1992. He calls his approach … [Read more...]
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