"The State Fiscal Crisis: What's at Stake for Women's Health?" 4/30/2003
Kaiser Family Foundation and Women's Policy, Inc., Washington, D.C.
This briefing, hosted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Women's Policy, Inc., examines the fiscal crisis facing many states and the implications for women's access to health care.
Jocelyn Guyer, Senior Policy Analyst, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, and Judy Waxman, Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights at the National Women's Law Center present information about the status of states' budget deficits and planned cuts to health programs, the importance of Medicaid coverage for low-income women, and the role of states in maintaining other publicly-financed services in women's health.
Sharon Green, Director of the Illinois Office on Women's Health and Joan Henneberry, Director of Health Policy Studies at the National Governors Association discuss their organizations' responses to the states' budget gaps.
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