In this article about addressing health care disparities, New America Media reporter Khalil Abdullah cites Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative’s policy brief, “Using Primary Care to Bend the Curve: Estimating the Impact of a Health Center Expansion on Health Care Costs.”

WASHINGTON and NEW YORK - An analysis of provisions to expand health insurance coverage now under consideration in the Senate has been released by The Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. "Using Primary Care to Bend the Cost Curve: The Potential Impact of Health Center Expansion in Senate Reforms" supplements earlier analyses of the impact of Medicaid expansions and increased federal funding for community health centers under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives.

RCHN Community Health Foundation’s executive vice president/chief operating officer Feygele Jacobs will be one of the leaders of an expert roundtable regarding America’s progress and prospects on childhood asthma. The roundtable will be held on February 23, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Room SVC 209/208, in Washington, D.C.