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2 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, November 18, 2009
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Savannah State to Celebrate
119 Years
Savannah State
University (SSU) will cele
brate 119 years as an insti
tution of higher learning
during the annual Founders
Day observance on
Monday, Nov. 23, at 6 p.m.
in Tiger Arena.
The program,
which is free and open to
the public, will include an
address by Luetta Colvin
Milledge, Ph.D., retired
professor/department head
of Humanities and Fine
Arts at Savannah State,
along with award presenta
tions.
Milledge, who retired
from Savannah State in
1991 after approximately
41 years of service, earned
bachelor’s, master’s and
doctoral degrees, summa
cum laude, from Fort
Valley State, Atlanta
University and University
of Georgia, respectively.
The Savannah native
is a member of several aca
demic honor societies
including Phi Beta Kappa
and Phi Kappa Phi.
Milledge established
the undergraduate chapter
of Sigma Tau Delta English
Honor Society at Savannah
State during her tenure. She
has earned many citations
and awards for achievement
in diverse fields and for her
distinguished contributions
to education including the
Governor’s Award in the
Humanities in 1988.
Following Milledge’s
address, SSU President Earl
G. Yarbrough Sr. will pres
ent the Richard R. Wright
Award of Excellence and
the Cyrus G. Wiley
Distinguished Alumnus
Award.
Named in honor of the
first president, the Wright
Award is the university’s
highest honor and recog
nizes outstanding corporate
and community leaders.
The Wiley Award,
named in honor of the sec
ond president, recognizes
outstanding alumni of the
university.
Established in 1890,
Savannah State University
is on the move to become
the best value-added uni
versity in the nation.
Approximately 3,800
students are enrolled in 23
undergraduate degree
majors and five graduate
programs in three colleges:
Liberal Arts and Social
Sciences, Business
Administration and
Sciences and Technology.
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An Historic Step Toward Health Care
for All Americans
By Congressman Charles
Rangel
Washington, DC — The
U.S. House of
Representatives, under
Democratic leadership, has
taken a giant, historic step to
bring quality and affordable
health care to all Americans.
And I mean all Americans _
regardless of race, gender, age,
and income status.
In my more
than 38 years of serving in the
U.S. Congress, I don't think I
have ever been more proud of
leading the Ways and Means
Committee as we worked with
our leadership team of
Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer,
and Whip Jim Clybum.
Speaker Pelosi's remark
able leadership on this issue
has been consistently strong
and sturdy. I also want to
commend the chairpersons of
the other committees, Rep.
Henry A. Waxman, Chairman
of the House Energy and
Commerce Committee, and
Rep. George Miller, Chairman
of the House Education and
Labor Committee, for their
cooperative spirit and hard
work.
We would not have been able
to come this far without the
leadership of President Barack
Obama.
The Affordable Health
Care for America Act includes
provisions that:
o Increase choice and
competition, by protecting and
improving consumers' choic
es.
o Allow individuals who
aren't currently covered by
their employers and small
businesses to purchase cover
age through a new Health
Insurance Exchange, where
consumers can shop from a
menu of affordable, quality
health care options, including
private plans, co-ops, and a
new public insurance option,
o Guarantee that every
child in America has health
care coverage that includes
dental, hearing, and vision
benefits;
o End increases in premi
ums or denials of care based
on pre-existing conditions,
race, or gender, and strictly
limit age rating;
o Eliminate co-pays for
preventive care, and cap out-
of-pocket expenses to protect
Americans from bankruptcy;
o Strengthen Medicare and
Medicaid and close the
Medicare Part D “donut hole”
so that seniors and low-
income Americans receive
better quality of care and see
lower prescription drug costs
and out-of-pocket expenses;
o Provide affordability
credits, available on a sliding
scale, for low- and middle-
income individuals and fami
lies, to make premiums afford
able and reduce cost-sharing;
o Strengthen and expand
programs that promote diver
sity in the health workforce,
including enhancing scholar
ship programs that help stu
dents from disadvantaged
backgrounds enter the health
field;
o Require the Secretary of
Health and Human Services to
identify health care disparities
as part of a National
Prevention and Wellness
Strategy initiative.
Eligible grantees include
“health empowerment zones,”
areas in which a community
partnership provides multiple
preventive health services;
o Improve access to care
for limited English proficient
beneficiaries by providing
enhanced funding through
Medicaid and initiating a
demonstration program in
Medicare to reimburse
providers for the provision of
language services. Authorizes
the Secretary to give prefer
ence to Community Based
Medical Home (CBMH)
applications that seek to elimi
nate health disparities.
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