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On July 28, Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy and five co-sponsors introduced the Ready, Willing, and Able Act (H.R. 3565), a bill proposing that the American people be directly involved in the development of community disaster preparedness plans. The bill is informed by the Academy report, Redefining Readiness: Terrorism Planning Through the Eyes of the Public, which documents that it is not possible to protect the maximum number of people or to foster their trust, confidence and cooperation without giving the public a direct and influential role in planning. Led by Roz D. Lasker, MD, Director of the Academy's Division of Public Health and Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health, the Redefining Readiness study gave the American people their first opportunity to describe how they would react in the event of a smallpox outbreak and dirty bomb explosion. On July 21, Dr. Lasker served as a key panelist among fellow disaster/terrorism experts at a Congressional briefing about the bill in the Capitol.
For more information about the Redefining Readiness study and local demonstration projects, click here.
View the Ready,Willing, and Able Act online at the Library of Congress "Thomas" website, or view the PDF.
Posted on August 12, 2005
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The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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