Upcoming Live Webcast: 'Today's Topics In Health Disparities' On Wednesday Will Address Immigration And Health Care

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Article Date: 10 Mar 2008 - 5:00 PDT

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The Kaiser Family Foundation hosts a live webcast, "Immigration and Health Care: What are the Policy Choices?," at 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 12 as part of an ongoing series of interactive webcasts about health and health care disparities in the U.S. A panel of experts will discuss the influence that immigration policies have on federal and state decisions about access to health care and coverage. Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Dr.P.H., senior adviser on Race/Ethnicity & Health Care at the Kaiser Family Foundation will moderate the discussion with Tom Perez, M.P.P., J.D., secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation and former director of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services; Leighton Ku, M.P.H., Ph.D., professor of health policy at the George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services; and Steven Camarota, Ph.D., director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies. Submit questions before or during the show to TodaysTopics@kaisernetwork.org. The live webcast will be available online at kaisernetwork.org.

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