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Events Commemorate Five Years of Purpose, Promise and Progress for Health Equity in Milwaukee County

May 11, 2024

(MILWAUKEE) – The Milwaukee County Office of Equity invites residents to be part of the conversations for “Five Years of Purpose, Promise and Progress” – two upcoming events centered on advancing … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Health Equity, Milwaukee County

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MILWAUKEE COURIER

Solving the Copay Accumulator Scheme is an Issue of Health Equity

June 2, 2023

By Rep. Sylvia Ortiz Represents Assembly District 8 Time and time again, I hear from my community and those I represent in Assembly District 8 who are forced to make difficult decisions … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Copay Assistance Programs, Health Equity, Sylvia Ortiz-Velez

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MILWAUKEE COURIER

Improving Health Equity Is Critical and Medicare Advantage Is Part of the Solution

January 27, 2023

By Representative Sylvia Ortiz-Velez One of the most important takeaways from the COVID-19 pandemic is the importance of health equity—that is, the idea that everyone deserves an equal opportunity … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Health Equity, Medicare Advantage Plan, Sylvia Ortiz-Velez

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MILWAUKEE COURIER

Improving Health Equity Is Critical And Medicare Advantage Is Part Of The Solution

January 21, 2023

By Representative Sylvia Ortiz-Velez One of the most important takeaways from the COVID-19 pandemic is the importance of health equity—that is, the idea that everyone deserves an equal opportunity … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: FFS Medicare, Health Equity, Medicare Advantage Plan, Sylvia Ortiz-Velez

Black-led Grassroots Groups and Faith Organizations Issue Urgent Call for Changes

November 6, 2021

Nearly 50 concerned residents turned out recently as the MKE Black Grassroots Network for Health Equity presented its plan to improve life conditions and the well-being of Black families and … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Community Change Agenda, Health Equity, MKE Black Grassroots Network for Health Equity, Zilber School of Public Health

‘We are Doing This in the Spirit of Equity’: Milwaukee Expands Vaccine Distribution

March 26, 2021

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz The fact that the vulnerable communities in Milwaukee have been hit the hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic is nothing new. The inequities in health care and resource … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ana Martinez-Ortiz, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccine, David Crowley, Health Equity, Marcelia Nicholson

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MILWAUKEE COURIER

Support a Healthy, More Equitable Milwaukee

October 17, 2020

By Chantel Byrd and Dawn Shelton-Williams The past seven months have revealed a variety of challenges facing our city – from the continuing COVID-19 pandemic to the ongoing reality of racial … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Chantel Byrd, COVID-19, Dawn Shelton-Williams, Health Equity

Ascension St. Joseph Continues Work to Improve Health Equity

April 19, 2019

New services and programs continue to be added at Ascension St. Joseph while Ascension Wisconsin continues to formulate a plan to improve the health of residents in the Sherman Park and West Burleigh … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ascension Wisconsin, Community Conversations, Health Equity, St Joseph Hospital

Survey finds African Americans hit hard by high health care costs

August 24, 2013

Economic stability, racial equality, and health status are intertwined, according to a recent poll that confirmed African Americans, hardest hit by the high cost of health care, worry even when they … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Health Equity, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Survey

Health equity can’t wait, act now in your community

April 28, 2012

By Lorraine Lathen, M.A. It’s a societal truth: not everyone is born with a silver spoon in his or her mouth. And, in Milwaukee, there are far too many pockets of extreme poverty where quality … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bevan K Baker, Growing Power, Health Equity, Infant Mortality, Kia Brazil, Lorraine Lathen, Madyson Dixon, Robert Bell Photography, Ron Cisler, Tom Barrett, Will Allen

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