Health Reform Comparison Tool
http://www.kff.org/healthreform/sidebyside.cfm#
The online tool allows users to quickly compare the amended Senate bill with the House bill approved Nov. 7 by the full House, both through the interactive tool and through a stand-alone printed document. The tool also allows comparisons from more than a dozen other health reform proposals put forward by various members of Congress, committees and other leaders during the year.  In addition, the Foundation has updated a short comparison of the Medicare provisions in the Senate and House bills. [Kaiser Family Foundation]

Latinos Online, 2006-2008: Narrowing the Gap
New Pew Hispanic Center report examines trends in  technology use among Latinos, whites, and blacks
The Pew Hispanic Center has released a new report examining internet use among Latinos between 2006 and 2008. The Center’s report is derived from a total of eight telephone surveys and explores Latino internet use by nativity, language proficiency, education, and household income.
The study also takes a general look at internet use by whites, African Americans, and Latinos, including home broadband uptake. The report Latinos Online, 2006-2008: Narrowing the Gap is now available online:  http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=119 [Pew Hispanic Center]

Early and Periodic Screening,Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) Services in Medicaid
The Maternal and Child Health Library released a new edition of the knowledge path, Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) Services in Medicaid. The knowledge path includes guidelines for the frequency, timing, and content of health-promotion and disease-prevention services for infants, children, and adolescents. Separate sections present resources for professionals (health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, and researchers) and for families. A special topics area lists resources about oral health services as part of the EPSDT benefit. View the path online at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_EPSDT.html. Knowledge paths on other maternal and child health (MCH) topics are available at http://mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/index.html .

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