Government
Raising the issue of the uninsured
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted April 18, 2005
Cover the Uninsured Week officially runs from May 1 through May 8, but will feature events held during April and May across the country. These include health fairs, business seminars, campus activities and faith-based meetings. The initiative, for which the AMA is a co-sponsor, was launched three years ago to raise awareness of the problem among both the public and policy-makers.
"We are concerned that millions of Americans are at risk for losing both private and public health care coverage, yet solving the problem of dwindling health care coverage is not getting the attention it requires," said Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a project co-sponsor.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2005/04/18/gvbf0418.htm.
