12/02/22 ALLvanza Op-ed: Hospitals Should Not Get Rich on the Backs of the Poor
If a drug-discount program Congress created 30 years ago to help disadvantaged patients were working as intended, Norman Otey might still be alive today....
Recent News
11/19/22 MANA Op-ed: Federal Program Doesn’t Help Vulnerable Communities, It Hurts Them
Advocates have long fought for federal funding to reach people in most need. Back in 1992, Congress established the 340B drug pricing program, which guaranteed drug discounts to hospitals serving a disproportionately high percentage of uninsured or low-income patients....
10/12/22 2023 MANA Las Primeras Awards
Since 1990, the MANA Las Primeras® Awards have honored Latinas who demonstrate important ‘firsts’ in their fields with a national impact. The achievements of these extraordinary women show the important contributions Latinas make to this country....
04/20/22 PRWeb: National Alliance for Caregiving Announces Jason Resendez as New President and CEO
The Board of Directors of the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) announced that it has selected Jason Resendez as its next President and Chief Executive Officer. He will assume leadership of the nation’s preeminent caregiving research, advocacy and innovation organization on July 5, 2022 after...
03/30/22 CBC Letter to Secretary Becerra on Cardiovascular Disease Disparities
As Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust, I want to thank you for your commitment to prevent cardiovascular disease.....
02/27/22 International Business Times: To Lower Drug Prices, Should Progressives Follow This Billionaire?
A new front just opened in the battle to lower drug prices, and serial entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban is leading the charge....
02/18/22 Alzforum: On Aduhelm, Medicare Agency Gets Pressure From All Sides
Behold the deluge. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposal last month to restrict Aduhelm coverage to clinical trials stirred up such strong feelings on both sides that the usual 30-day public comment period following every CMS.....
12/28/21 The Tennessean: Why prescription drug access should be treated as a racial justice issue
There's a growing awareness of the many reasons people of color experience poor health outcomes, including the stresses of racism itself. But one area of racial health disparity isn't often discussed: the lack of equitable access to prescription drugs....
12/17/21 Statesman Journal: Oregon needs Build Back Better health care now
For Oregonians hit hardest by the pandemic, President Biden's Build Back Better legislation could send the help desperately needed by far too many poor and underserved communities. ...
10/01/21 Comcast Newsmakers: COVID-19: Achieving Health Equity
The COVID-19 pandemic magnified longstanding gaps in health outcomes for underserved communities. Amy Hinojosa, President and CEO of MANA, A National Latina Organization, joins host Tetiana Anderson representing the Health Equity Collaborative, which was formed in response to the pandemic’s impact on minority populations, to...
06/15/21 Modern Healthcare: With The Help Of Black Women, We Can Boost Vaccine Acceptance And Uptake
Black Americans have been hit hardest by COVID-19. Yet we’re also much less likely to take the vaccines. In the District of Columbia, for example, Blacks account for 55% of all COVID-19 cases and 70% of all deaths, yet have received only 40% of vaccinations....
04/26/21 The Hill: American women should have access to safe contraceptives
Eleven years ago, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act and began the largest expansion of access to health care in this country in five decades. This landmark law gave 20 million previously uninsured Americans access to health care. But that was not all....