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For Immediate Release
Contact: Andrew Sousa
(202) 265-5111
Prominent Health and Income Security Groups Raise Concerns About the Effects of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid Cuts on Communities of Color
Washington, DC - As the United States transitions to a “majority-minority” population over the next three decades, prominent health and income security groups say the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction and other Members of Congress must take into account how changes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid will affect communities of color, a population that is growing and increasingly economically insecure.
What: Capitol Hill briefing entitled, “What’s at Stake? Proposed Deficit Reduction Measures Affecting Social Security, Medicare,
and Medicaid and the Impact on Communities of Color” with leading health and economy policy experts addressing how
certain deficit reduction measures will affect communities of color and presenting key finding from recent reports by the
Commission to Modernize Social Security and Families USA.
Who: Maya Rockeymoore, President and CEO, Global Policy Solutions
Max Richtman, President & CEO, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare Foundation
Leticia Miranda, Associate Director, Economic and Employment Policy, National Council of La Raza
Ivy Ngo, Policy Advocate, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
Wilhelmina Leigh, Senior Research Associate, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, Director, Health Equity, Families USA
When: Friday, October 28, 2011 | 10:00am – 12:00pm
Where: The Gold Room |2168 Rayburn House Office Building | Washington, DC
In March of 2011, the Insight Center for Community Economic Development and Global Policy Solutions convened the Commission to Modernize Social Security, comprised of experts from or representing African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Latino, and Native American communities. The commission recently released Plan for a New Future: The Impact of Social Security Reform on Communities of Color which includes proposals to extend Social Security’s long term solvency while also modernizing the program to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse society. Families USA recently released Medicaid: A Lifeline for Blacks and Latinos with Serious Health Care Needs, which examines Medicaid’s critical role in providing access to health care for African Americans and Latinos.
The briefing is hosted by Global Policy Solutions, the Insight Center for Community and Economic Development, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare Foundation and Families USA.
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