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AdvocacyDenver Partners with Comcast to Air Two Public Service Announcements

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AdvocacyDenver’s Public Service Announcements are airing on COMCAST to celebrate our HealthMatters Program and Yoga 4All Abilities classes. Many thanks to the COMCAST production team, the Dahlia Campus for Health and Well-Being, Mudra Yoga Studio, and our “star” students! Watch the videos below: HealthMatters Program YouTube Channel  AdvocacyDenver Webinars and Videos

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Women’s Refugee Commission – Maternal & Newborn Health and Disability

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Source: Women’s Refugee Commission – Maternal & Newborn Health Worldwide, more than 350,000 women die every year from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth—that’s nearly one every minute. For women affected by conflict or disaster, who are displaced from their homes and communities, the risk of maternal death or injury is especially high. In fact,

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Disability Rights Consortium At Equip For Equality – Immigration And Disability

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Host: Equip for Equality When Wednesday, March 22, 2017 – 9:30am to 11:00am Where Equip for Equality 20 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 300 Chicago, IL60602 Description Lisa Palumbo and Audra Passinault from LAF will be our featured speakers to discuss the intersection between immigration and disability. Specifically, they will address the recent Executive Orders and

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Fact Sheets « Disability Policy Seminar

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Source: Fact Sheets « Disability Policy Seminar The 2017 Disability Policy Seminar is underway! If you were not able to make it, you can access the fact sheets here. Follow live coverage from the event on social media with the hashtag #DPS2017. FACT SHEETS Federal Funding Health Care Medicaid and LTSS Social Security and SSI

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Top 10 Changes to Medicaid Under House Republicans’ ACA Repeal Bill

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Source: Top 10 Changes to Medicaid Under House Republicans’ ACA Repeal Bill Executive Summary Following the CBO score that found the House Republicans’ so-called “American Health Care Act” would cause 24 million people to lose health care coverage, NHeLP managing attorneys examine the bill’s “draconian changes” planned for Medicaid. Managing Attorney of the DC Office

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With all Eyes on AHCA, House Advances 3 Bills that Could Reduce Benefits, Raise Costs for People in Employer-Based Coverage – Center on Health Insurance Reforms

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With all Eyes on AHCA, House Advances 3 Bills that Could Reduce Benefits, Raise Costs for People in Employer-Based Coverage Source: With all Eyes on AHCA, House Advances 3 Bills that Could Reduce Benefits, Raise Costs for People in Employer-Based Coverage – Center on Health Insurance Reforms The week of March 6 was a busy

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Compare Proposals to Replace The Affordable Care Act | The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have committed to repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). How do their replacement proposals compare to the ACA? How do they compare to each other?Plans available for comparison:The American Health Care Act as introduced by the House Republican leadership, March 6, 2017 (PDF)The Affordable Care Act,

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Bad Hospital Design Is Making Us Sicker – The New York Times

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Evidence-based medical care needs evidence-based design. Source: Bad Hospital Design Is Making Us Sicker – The New York Times As a medical resident working 30-hour shifts, I quickly came to cherish those rare moments when I could duck out of the bustling and brightly lit hospital corridors and lay my head on a pillow.

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Outcomes of “Partnering to Transform Healthcare with People with Disabilities” (PATH-PWD) conference

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Research Team Sarah H. Ailey Principal Investigator Rush CON Molly Bathje Co-Investigator Rush CHS Tamar Heller Co-Investigator University of Illinois Award Period 6/1/16 – 5/31/17 Funding Source Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) R13 Conference grant Source: Partnering to Transform Healthcare with People with Disabllities (PATH-PWD) – Improving Acute, Primary and Transitional Health care

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NPs Promoting Physical Activity: People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

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Marks, B. & Sisirak, J. (2017). NPs Promoting Physical Activity: People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 13(1), e1–e5. DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2016.10.023 Abstract People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are not residing in large congregate care centers due to legislative, attitudinal, and treatment changes, and they are living longer than their

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