Tag: fact sheet
Illinois Affordable Care Act Fact Sheets Available On Make Medicare Work Website
The fantastic team at the Illinois-based Make Medicare Work (MMW) Coalition has released a new set of seven tip sheets to help consumers understand how the ACA helps them. The tip sheets are on the following topics: • The ACA and Closing the Medicare Part D Donut Hole (MS Word doc) • The ACA and [...]
Health Reform and HIV Primary Care Providers
Did you know that Medicaid reimbursement rates are changing under the Affordable Care Act? On January 1st of this year, federal guidelines took effect raising Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care physicians and recognized specialists. All states are required to adhere to the new reimbursement guidelines and will receive federal funding through 2014 to cover [...]
Affordable Care Act Fact Sheet Available in Spanish
Looking for resources in Spanish about the Affordable Care Act? Well, look no further! AIDS.gov has put out a fact sheet in Spanish and English outlining how The Affordable Care Act Helps People Living with HIV/AIDS. About 30% of people living with HIV currently do not have any form of health insurance. Changes under the ACA are expected to [...]
Oops – we missed this! CBPP fact sheet on HIV & Medicaid
The wizards over at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released in October 2012 a fact sheet on Medicaid and HIV – but we missed it! This great resource will help you prepare for Medicaid expansion in your state. The fact sheet presents a quick and easy summary of the impact of 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 [...]
Fact Sheet – The Role of Medicaid Expansion in the Fight against HIV
AIDS United recently released a fact sheet, Medicaid Expansion will Help Turn the Tide of HIV/AIDS in the U.S., discussing how Medicaid expansion could impact people living with HIV and AIDS. The possibilities are promising! If the plans to expand Medicaid coverage are implemented in all 50 states as proposed in The Affordable Care Act (ACA), [...]
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 [...]