The Drexel University School of Public Health’s Center for Health Equality has completed the only major report that compares how the healthcare reform proposals of Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain may affect racial and ethnic residents of the United States. Supported and released by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington DC, "Health Care Proposals for the Democratic and Republican Presidential Nominees: Implications for Improving Access, Affordability and Quality for America’s Minorities," identifies whether and how the candidates intend to improve access to health insurance and health care, contain costs, improve health care quality and provide support to reduce disparities. It also highlights to what extent their reforms would address social and community factors such as education, food, safety, housing and transportation that are critical to reducing disparities. A final section of the report, “How will the next president use his leadership to support policies that help eliminate racial/ethnic disparities in health care?”, integrates and advances health reform recommendations, identifying four key areas: expanding access for underserved communities; promoting quality and equality in health care programs and practices, developing targeted strategies and tools to address these disparities, and promoting broader social and economic development in underserved communities.