News 2015
Medicaid Spending Soars — Mostly In Expansion States
Diane Rowland, Executive Vice President, Kaiser Family Foundation; and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Executive Director
Medicaid spending soared nearly 14 percent last year—its biggest annual increase in at least two decades—as a result of millions of newly eligible low-income enrollees signing up under the Affordable Care Act, according to a report released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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U.S. Report Urges End to 'Conversion' Therapy for LGBT Youth
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Less than a year after the Obama Administration came out against so-called "conversion" therapies for gay and lesbian youth, a new government report calls for the practice to be eliminated nationwide.
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DeRay Mckesson Reveals Details of Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton Meetings
DeRay Mckesson, fifth from right, and other activists met with Bernie Sanders to discuss why Black lives matter
Ferguson-based activist DeRay Mckesson and other activists recently met with democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement and what the next president can do to eradicate police violence, using #CampaignZero as a starting point for policy.
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Jordin Sparks to Join DIVAS Simply Singing! 25th Anniversary Gala
Sheryl Lee, an actress, singer, author and activist, is the creator of Divas Simply Singing!, an evening of song and entertainment that after 25 years is the longest consecutive running musical AIDS benefit in the country
Actor and Activist Sheryl Lee Ralph announced the addition of Jordin Sparks to the 25th Annual DIVAS Simply Singing! gala on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 7PM at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood.
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Health and Hip Hop Conference at Morgan State University Promises Real Talk for Young Black Men
Jeffrey Hitt, the director of the Infectious Disease Prevention and Care Services Bureau of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
One in a series on the Health and Hip Hop Conference, sponsored by the Black AIDS Institute and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The conference will be held Oct. 24, 2015, at Morgan State University in Baltimore.