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Individuals from communities of color are more likely to be uninsured than non-Hispanic whites. Over one-third of Hispanics (37%) are uninsured. They are three times more likely to be uninsured than non-Hispanic whites. Nearly one-fourth of African Americans and one-fifth of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) (Veenstra and Higashi, 2000) and American Indian/Alaskan Natives (AI/AN) are uninsured (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002). 

The picture is even grimmer for adults. One-third of Hispanic and AAPI men in fair and poor health have not visited a doctor in the past year. Hispanic, African American, and AAPI women in fair or poor health are also less likely to have visited a physician than non-Hispanic white men (Henry J. Kaiser Foundation, 1999). 

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, "Race, Ethnicity and Medical Care—A Survey of Public Perceptions and Experiences," 1-29 (1999). 

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care," UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, XI, 3 (2002). 

Mayberry, R., "Racial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Medical Care," Henry ]. Kaiser Family Foundation, 1-3 (1999). 

Goap" is the name given to the crude intermediate product obtd in the manuf of magnesium at the Henry Kaiser plant. It consists of a mixt of ultrafine particles of Mg, Mg carbide, magnesia, carbon, naphtha asphalt, all in the form of thick paste. The material proved to be a suitable source of Mg in prepn of incendiary compns for bombs. The most successful of such mixtures was known during WWlI asPyrogel or PT-1... 

Figure 17-1. Standard medicare prescription drug benefit for 2006. (From the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - An Updated Fact Sheet ( 7044-04), The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, June 2006.) Source http //www.kff.org/medicare/medicarebenefitataglance.cfm, accessed on June 19, 2008.

Figure 18.2 Type of health plan for workers with employer-sponsored coverage (From the Kaiser Family Foundation and HRET, Employer Health Benefits, 2002 Annual Survey, Menlo Park, CA The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002.)...

Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (2001a). Medicaid and Managed Care. Washington, D.C. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. 

Henry J. Kaiser Eoundation Medicare and prescription dmgs, fact sheet available at http /Avww.kff.org/conterU/2003/1583-06/1583-06.pdf accessed on August 26, 2003. 

Hermens J, Busser F, Leeuwangh P, Musch A (1985) Toxicol Environ Chem 9 219 Schultz TW, Holcombe GW, Phipps GL (1986) Ecotox Environ Safe 12 146 McKim JM, Bradbury SP,Niemi GJ (1987) Environ Health Persp 71 171 Veith GD, Broderius SJ (1987) Structure-toxicity relationships for industrial chemicals causing type (11) narcosis syndrome. In Kaiser KLE (ed) QSAR in environmental toxi-cology-ll.Reidel, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, p 385 Deneer JW, Seinen W, Hermens JLM (1988) Aquat Toxicol 12 185 Deneer JW, Sinnige TL, Seinen W, Hermens JLM (1988) Aquat Toxicol 195 Bradbury SP, Henry TR, Carlson RW (1990) Fish acute toxicity syndromes in the development of mechanism-specific QSARs. In Karcher W, Devillers J (eds) Practical applications of quantitative structm-e-activity relationships (QSAR) in environmental chemistry and toxicology. Kluwer, Dordrecht, p 295 van Gestel CAM, Ma W-C (1990) Chemosphere 21 1023... 

As the 21st century and globalization continue to grow and impact our businesses and lifestyles, in the lines of Henry Kaiser, 1 have come to believe that there are no problems, but only opportunities appearing in work clothes. 

Meanwhile, in foreshadowing of the infamous controversy over the cost inflation and faulty work on the Big Dig, Bechtel became mired in a messy tunnel project in the Bay Area during the 1930s. In that episode, Bechtel underestimated the geologic conditions for what became the Caldecott Tunnel linking Oakland to what later became suburban Contra Costa County. Bechtel lost 4 million and had to dewater the tunnel, while ally Henry Kaiser attempted to use political connections to bail out Bechtel (McCartney, 1988). The project would eventually be finished by another contractor and left the company embarrassed, but also seasoned in the pitfalls of difficult engineering projects. 

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