Kweku’s Korner By Emmett L. Gill, Jr., PhD, MSW, LCSW Founder, AthleteTalk 1(833) 4-ATHTALK “Changing the game of mental health in sports!” Athlete Talk is a mental health app specifically made for athletes. AthleteTalk was created in 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, to provide athletes with a mental health resource that they could access on […]
Dying From a Name: Racism, Resentment, and Politics in Health Care Are Even More Unaffordable
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent As millions of Americans brace for health insurance bills that will soon double or worse, the coming crisis is not the result of confusion or accident. It is the consequence of a long campaign that treated health care not as a human necessity, but as […]
Race Shadows Every Assault on the Affordable Care Act
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent The battles over the Affordable Care Act were never only about policy or the price of insurance. They were never simply arguments about federal subsidies, individual mandates, or the markets that hold the system together. From the moment America elected a Black president and that […]
Senator Baldwin Leads Legislation to Ensure Health Care Access for Pregnant Women
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin introduced the Healthy Maternal and Obstetric Medicine (MOM) Act to ensure that all women eligible for coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance marketplaces, as well as women eligible for other individual or group health plan coverage, can access affordable health care coverage throughout their pregnancies. The […]
Trump’s War on Obamacare Continues as GOP Kills Subsidies
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Republican power in this country has chosen cruelty as policy. It is not an accident. It is not a mistake. It is a decision. The decision now is to rip out the federal subsidies that have made the Affordable Care Act more than a slogan […]
Vaccinations
By Dr. René Settle-Robinson, Podiatrist Outreach Community Health Center; Wisconsin State Director of Health Committee for the NAACP; Healthy Climate Wisconsin, VP; Climate and Health Equity Fellowship graduate 2022 There is a saying in the Black community, “When White folks get a cold, Black folks get pneumonia.” Just about every healthcare problem that you can […]
Opening Pandora’s Box: Cigar Bar Bill Puts our Health at Great Risk
By Pastor Teresa Thomas Boyd My name is Pastor Teresa Thomas Boyd and I serve as the Senior Pastor at Matters of the Heart Ministry in Milwaukee Wisconsin. I also serve as the Faith-based Coordinator for the Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network and collaborate with over 50 churches in Southeastern Wisconsin. I’m writing today […]
Native American Tribes are Struggling in Wake of SNAP Uncertainty
Wisconsin has 11 federally recognized tribes. Nearly half of the residents in Menominee County, home to a large number of Indigenous people, receive SNAP benefits. By Adora Brown NOTUS This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. As […]
November is Diabetes Awareness Month: Know Your Numbers, Wisconsin
By LaKeshia N. Myers November marks Diabetes Awareness Month, and this year, I’m compelled to sound the alarm about a public health crisis that’s hitting our community particularly hard. The numbers tell a sobering story that demands our immediate attention and action. Milwaukee County has the highest rate of diabetes in Wisconsin, with 9.7% of […]
‘At What Cost’: Tobacco Bar Bill Is A Step Away From Improved Health For All
By Darryl Davidson I’m writing to express my opposition to the Wisconsin Assembly/Senate Bill 211, otherwise known as the Tobacco Bar Bill. The bill would allow new tobacco bars to open in Wisconsin and indoor smoking. I feel that the bill is inconsistent with what the state says it values. Wisconsin’s State Health Improvement Plan […]
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