Tag: California Healthcare Reform
Download and customize: Health Reform Q & A for Ryan White Program Clients
Don’t ya love it when someone else does all the hard work? Fill in the blanks and VAVOOM! A ready-to-use FAQ for clients. Well, look what magically appeared, thanks to the great folks in San Francisco… A customizable frequently asked questions document about the Affordable Care Act designed for Ryan White Program clients. Download this [...]
Health Care Reform & HIV 101 Presentation
The Dreamgirls of health care reform – Robert Greenwald, Anne Donnelly and Andrea Weddle – have done it again! No, not another hit song, but a concise and informative HIV & health care reform 101 presentation. The unstoppable team presented at the Ryan White grantees conference in Washington, DC on November 28, 2012. In addition [...]
USCA Closing Plenary: Implementing the ACA Nationally, in Your State, and Agency
HIV Health Reform’s merry band went on the road to the U.S. Conference on AIDS this week in Las Vegas, and presented at the closing plenary. Check out the slides from Amy Killelea (NASTAD), Anne Donnelly (Project Inform) and John Peller (AIDS Foundation of Chicago) are here. Big thanks to Kali Lindsey of NMAC for [...]
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 [...]
JAMES: unemployed and uninsured
Age: 41 James is currently unemployed and has no insurance. Despite treatment, his viral load is elevated and his T-cell count remains low. He suffers from fatigue, depression, chronic diarrhea and anxiety. James is single, has no children and lives with a roommate. NOW James receives $220 monthly from a local county relief program and [...]
VICKY: low-income and uninsured
Age: 49 Vicky is single, self-employed, and has one adult child. She currently makes about $20,000 a year, but has no insurance. Vicky suffers from chronic fatigue, HIV wasting, sinusitis and cardiac complications. NOW Vicky earns too much for Medicaid and doesn’t meet the program’s strict criteria for disability despite her many [...]
DOWNLOAD THE WEBINAR SLIDES: Working Together – The Ryan White Program and Health Care Reform
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE SLIDES HERE FOR TODAY’S WEBINAR. Having trouble getting on the webinar? Check out the Quick Reference Guide (PDF) and User Guide (PDF). About the webinar – you can still register! The Affordable Care Act will revolutionize access to health care for people with HIV, but integrating the Ryan White program [...]
Medicare + Medicaid = California-Style Confusion
California is one of fifteen states that have been approved to create a demonstration project that will attempt to integrate and coordinate care for people who are eligible for Medicaid and Medicare (dual eligible). Up until now, dual eligibles have been exempt from managed care because of the complexity of their health care needs as [...]
Gov Brown Proposes Cuts to California’s ADAP Program
Last week, Governor Jerry Brown released his proposed FY 2012/13 budget that includes dramatic cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). The governor’s plan calls for low-income and uninsured HIV-positive people in the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Plan, or ADAP, to share costs and in some cases monthly co-payments could be as high as [...]
Act Now to Weigh in on the Essential Health Benefits Package
Your action can help ensure the Essential Health Benefits package advances comprehensive and affordable health care. There is still time to weigh in on the “Essential Health Benefits package” established through health care reform. This package is so important because it will determine the benefits that are available to people with HIV, Viral Hepatitis, and [...]