ADVISORY/Budget May Axe Some Birth Control for Federal Workers.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2001 TOPIC: A story by the Washington Post alleges that President Bush has proposed dropping a requirement that all health insurance programs for federal employees cover a broad range of birth control. If approved, the item -- which appears as one paragraph in the appendix of the President's proposed budget -- could end required coverage for about 1.2 million female employees and their dependents who are served by the federal employees health benefits plan, according to the story. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Prof. E. Richard Brown Richard Brown can refer to:
UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Center for Health Policy Research. He also served as a senior consultant for the President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform under Bill Clinton. A former president of the American Public Health Association The American Public Health Association (APHA) is Washington, D.C.-based professional organization for public health professionals in the United States. Founded in 1872 by Dr. Stephen Smith, APHA has more than 30,000 members worldwide. , Brown has studied and written extensively about the access of disadvantaged populations to health care. His research focuses on health insurance coverage and the effects of public policies, managed care, and market conditions on access to health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract , particularly for disadvantaged populations, ethnic minorities and immigrants. PR:Dan Page dpage@support.ucla.edu Dr. Diana Petitti is an internationally recognized expert on oral contraceptives Oral Contraceptives Definition Oral contraceptives are medicines taken by mouth to help prevent pregnancy. They are also known as the Pill, OCs, or birth control pills. . She has published more than 30 articles on the safety of oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy Hormone Replacement Therapy Definition Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is the use of synthetic or natural female hormones to make up for the decline or lack of natural hormones produced in a woman's body. . PR: Laura Marshall, Media Relations Consultant laura.h.marshall@kp.org Prof. Elizabeth Fee works at the School of Hygiene and Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. . Her expertise include health policy and women's health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. . 410/955-5000 ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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