This Week in Civil Rights - September 17, 2009
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September 17, 2009 |
Wade Henderson Gives Speech on Expanding Access to Health Care
In a speech at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's 2009 Annual Conference this week, LCCR President and CEO Wade Henderson explained why health care is a pressing civil and human rights issue and the role federal health care legislation can play in expanding access to health care.
"[A]ccess to health care – and the federal policies that affect it – are woven into the fabric of civil rights, economic empowerment, and social justice," said Henderson.
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> Wade Henderson Takes on Faux Media Controversies in Politico
New Census Data Shows Rise of Those in Poverty and without Insurance
According to U.S. Census Bureau data released yesterday, the number of Americans living in poverty and without health insurance increased in 2008. The number of uninsured rose from 45.7 million to 46.3 million and the official poverty rate rose from 12.5 percent in 2007 to 13.2 percent last year – the highest rate since 1997.
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Congress Will Consider Bankruptcy Legislation – Again
A bill that will give bankruptcy judges the ability to rework defaulted mortgages on primary residences so that struggling homeowners have a greater chance of keeping their homes may come up in Congress again this year. Rep. Barney Frank, D. Mass., told The Huffington Post that he intends to include the bill – which passed in the House earlier this year before it was defeated in the Senate – as part of a larger financial regulatory reform bill.
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