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From The Kaiser Family Foundation:

August 29, 2006, marks the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic landfall.

The Kaiser Family Foundation continues its commitment to help respond to the devastation from Hurricane Katrina with new resources about the health care impact of Katrina's aftermath.

At a forum held on August 8, the Foundation released new data from a national survey of the American public on the response to Hurricane Katrina, a new report profiling survivors' health care experiences and the short film "Voices of the Storm."

The event included a panel discussion with key policymakers and medical professionals working on the health impacts of the storm.

Gertrude, 39 years old, developmentally disabled woman living in a hotel (.pdf)

Mack, 72 years old, single man living alone in a rented room in New Orleans (.pdf)

Melissa, 45 years old, single mother with two sons living in a trailer in New Orleans (.pdf)

Sharonda, pregnant mother living with family in a rented house in Baton Rouge (.pdf)

Lynn, 61 years old, caring for her elderly mother suffering from Alzheimer's in New Orleans (.pdf)

Susan, late 50s living with HIV/AIDS in a nursing home.

August 8, 2006, Event Webcast (archived video links of the event will be posted today at 6 p.m. ET)

For further information on the Foundation's Hurricane Katrina resources, contact Rakesh Singh rsingh@kff.org or Sarah Carkhuff scarkhuff@kff.org.

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