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title: Webcast on Health Care in Communities of Color
date: 2009-03-24T21:54:16-04:00
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[From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# Webcast on Health Care in Communities of Color

By Christine Cupaiuolo • March 24, 2009

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[![kff_health_disparities](https://assets.ourbodiesourselves.org/images/blog-archive/kff_health_disparities.jpg "kff_health_disparities")](http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/rehc032509webcast.shtml)On Wednesday, March 25, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (EST), the Kaiser Family Foundation will hold a live, interactive webcast to examine the economic downturn’s impact on health care in communities of color.  
  
The discussion, part of its "Today's Topics In Health Disparities" series, will be moderated by Cara James, KFF senior policy analyst on race, ethnicity and health care. The panelists are:  
  
* JudyAnn Bigby, MD, secretary of health and human services, Massachusetts  
  
* Adrienne Hahn, senior attorney and program manager, Consumers Union  
  
* William Spriggs, PhD, professor and chair, Department of Economics, Howard University  
  
The panel will take your questions via email. Submit questions before or during the show to: [ask@kff.org](mailto:%20ask@kff.org)

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