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New NESRI Fact Sheets Released on the Federal Health Reform Law

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How will the new health reform law affect the communities most impacted by the continued denial of the human right to health care in the U.S.? NESRI is publishing a series of fact sheets analyzing the law from the perspective of immigrants, women, people of color, and rural communities. We find that the law’s failure to meet the key human rights standards of universality, equity, and accountability has concrete repercussions for already disadvantaged groups. Download the first two fact sheets, on immigrants and the human right to health care and on women and the human right to health care.