4321.0 Can public health prevail on Medicare, social programs, reproductive rights? P. Ellen Parsons Memorial Session

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 2:30 PM
Oral
The 2011 P. Ellen Parsons session reviews public policy issues of critical importance to public health: debates on the federal budget and on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security; and reproductive rights. This annual session honors and memorializes the life of P. Ellen Parsons, a scientific researcher and a passionate and humorous advocate, and a leader in this session's APHA sponsors: Medical Care Section, Women's Caucus, Spirit of 1848 Caucus, and Women's Caucus.
Session Objectives: Identify threats to major U.S. social insurance programs - Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security - and to reproductive health. Discuss how the Congressional Progressive Caucus and other policy makers are responding to these threats Evaluate strategies for advancing reproductive rights and justice.
Organizer:
Ellen R. Shaffer, PhD MPH
Moderator:
Ellen R. Shaffer, PhD MPH

2:30 PM
What is Congress doing about social insurance?
Cathy Hurwit
     
2:50 PM
Women's rights: Where does our movement stand?
Louise Melling

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Medical Care
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Spirit of 1848 Caucus, Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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