Tag: health reform & HIV 101
Social Work & HIV Conference: Slides from ACA & Ryan White presentation
It’s chilly and grey today in Chicago, so what better place to be than the HIV & Social Work conference! Download the slides from John Peller’s presentation here.
New ACA Resources for Ryan White Program Providers
Are you an HIV advocate or service provider? Do you have some unanswered questions about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the future of the Ryan White Program? The elves at Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) have been working away, and have released several new education guides and policy clarifications: TARGET Center has learning [...]
Health Reform 101 Presentation in Spanish
Looking for a health reform 101 presentation in Spanish? Well, here it is! This informative presentation outlines the basics of the Affordable Care Act, and how it affects people living with HIV. Slides for this presentation are available in both Spanish and English. Thank you to the Latino Commission on AIDS for sharing this resource! [...]
Health Care Reform 101
Let’s get back to the basics of health care reform! Health reform is coming and HIV advocates are looking forward to seeing improvements for people living with HIV. Here are the top three ways people with HIV will benefit from health care reform: 1. Find out Most low-income adults will get Medicaid 2. Middle-income people [...]
Medicaid HIV Health Homes: What’s it all mean for people with HIV?
On World AIDS Day, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that HIV will be one of the conditions that can be covered through Medicaid Health Homes. The designation is a sign to state Medicaid programs that they should prioritize HIV as they roll out Health Homes. On December 10, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a “Quick [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Election and Health Care Reform: What do They Mean for You?
What will the November 6th election mean for your health? With the general election less than a month away, political advertisements abound. Each candidate has a plan for the health of our nation, but how will the candidates’ plans really affect people living with HIV? David Ernesto Munar, President and CEO of AIDS Foundation of [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]