Tag: Bridge to 2014
A New Year, and New Medicaid Awaits Us!
2013 Lame Duck Session Wrap-Up This week, an Illinois legislative body advanced a major piece of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) when the House Human Services Appropriation Committee passed HB 6253, Medicaid Financing for the Uninsured. Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government couldn’t force states to cover low-income uninsured people through [...]
Watch the webinar – Post election: What’s next for HIV health reform implementation
Webinar – Moving Forward With Health Care Reform and Exchange Implementation: Where Will States Be After the Elections from Dose of Change on Vimeo. View the slides and watch the video from HIVHealthReform.org’s latest webinar, held November 14, 2012: Moving Forward With Health Care Reform and Exchange Implementation: Where Will States Be After the Elections? The [...]
Your Roadmap to the Affordable Care Act and HIV
With the Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation moving forward and the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, you may need a primer on the impact of health reform on people with HIV. The Kaiser Family Foundation has come to the rescue with a comprehensive resource that fits together the puzzle pieces of HIV health [...]
Could a partnership exchange be the right choice for your state?
On November 16, less than a month away, states must report their plan to implement the health insurance exchanges required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Do you know what the plan for your state is? Have you considered a partnership exchange? Families USA has two great resources on partnership exchanges. A partnership exchange is a [...]
California’ “Bridge to Reform” – Lessons Learned, Questions Raised
As we’ve mentioned previously, California has moved forward rapidly with implementing health care reform. As part of this effort, the state received approval in 2010 for its Medicaid 1115 Waiver called California’s “Bridge to Reform.” The waiver was intended to expand Medicaid-like coverage to 500,000 uninsured Californians (called the Low Income Health Program or [...]
No rest for HIV advocates – the fight for Medicaid continues!
Back in June, we celebrated a huge win for health care in America. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing millions of Americans access to affordable care. Hooray! However, the court’s ruling left Medicaid on shaky ground. We’ve gathered some tools to prepare you for the fight to save Medicaid. Now that [...]
Video of AIDS 2012 panel on health care reform now available
If you weren’t lucky enough to attend last week’s AIDS 2012 conference (or were just too busy to make it to this panel), we’ve got a great tidbit for you. Our friends at the American Academy of HIV Medicine hosted a fantastic panel discussion about how health care reform will impact HIV health providers, Ryan [...]
A day to celebrate: New health law feature protects women at risk for HIV!
Today is a great day for women’s health care! A portion of the Affordable Care Act goes into effect today that requires new health insurance plans to cover – with no additional co-pays or cost to consumers – eight women’s preventive health care services. These services include HIV screening and counseling, sexually transmitted infection (STI) counseling, [...]
Calling all health care advocates! New tool to help shape your state’s Essential Health Benefit plan
Calling all affordable health care advocates! Are you prepared to help decision-makers develop your state’s policies under the new health care law? Now that the Supreme Court has ruled the Affordable Care Act constitutional, the hard work for us really begins. Essential Health Benefit packages are being designed state by state, and we must ensure [...]
Your Medicaid Expansion Questions Answered
Still have questions about what the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act means for Medicaid and people living with HIV? No worries! Policy analysts are still figuring what this decision means for all of us, and the National Health Law Program has some answers for you! NHeLP’s first Q&A on the Supreme Court’s [...]