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Root for New York in the Say Ahhh! Super Blog-off

Posted February, 2 2012 by arianne

In honor of the Super Bowl, Georgetown’s children’s health policy blog, Say Ahhh! is hosting a Super Blog-Off between Patriots fans and Giants fans. The teams are competing based on how much they are doing to help uninsured children. Click here to read the introduction for the blog-off. New York has tough competition! Health Care for All […]

More folks warming up to health reform

Posted January, 31 2012 by arianne

With the ongoing GOP presidential debates there’s been so much negativity floating around the health reform conversation.  So, it’s nice when every now and then something positive is able to break through all the rhetoric. This week, Harris Interactive/Health Day released the results of their latest poll on health reform.  Naturally, they did find that Americans are […]

Sebelius breaks it down on the Daily Show

Posted January, 27 2012 by arianne

Did anybody watch this? On Monday, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius made a guest appearance on the Daily Show to talk about the Affordable Care Act. She does a pretty good job of hashing out what’s in the law and what’s not, and Jon Stewart is, as always, just charming. In case you […]

TV for your health

Posted January, 26 2012 by arianne

PBS Newshour had a great little segment last night on a project out of Colorodo aimed at improving health among the Latino population.  This is done by delivering public health messages via telenovelas. For those of you who may not have grown up watching Univision or Telemundo, telenovelas are basically like soap operas, but way better.  They have […]