Officials for Trusted Health Plan, the only black-owned Medicaid managed care provider in the nation, took the opportunity this weekend to address the National Urban League conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on the challenges black women face in childbirth, heart disease, high blood pressure.
Robin Barclay, the health provider’s executive director of business development and outreach, joined several health care experts and policy makers Thursday at the “Soul Sister: African American Women’s Health & Wellness” forum at the Broward Convention Center during the annual Urban League conference, which ran from July 29 to Aug. 1.
Barclay also discussed her organization’s goal of closing health care disparities among urban populations.
“In the first 12 months of operation we have significantly improved care delivery for our members, including reducing emergency room visits by 25 percent, contrary to Obamacare naysayers,” she said, stressing in effect that President Obama’s Affordable Health Care Act allows companies such as Trusted to create jobs and meet the growing demands of the health care industry.
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