Tag: private insurance
New Report: Immigrant Access to Health Care Reform Programs in Illinois
Our partners at Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) released in early May a report on immigrant access to health care. The report focuses on barriers to enrollment for both legal and undocumented immigrants in Illinois, and highlights a successful program: This report addresses the challenges of Affordable Care Act implementation in Illinois. [...]
Webinar Video, Slides & Handouts – HIV Medical Clinics & Health Reform Webinar: Preparing for 2014
HIV Medical Clinics and Health Reform – Preparing for 2014 from HIVHealthReform.org on Vimeo. Did you miss the webinar, HIV Medical Clinics and Health Reform-Preparing for 2014? It’s not too late. You can now see the video. WATCH THE FULL WEBINAR HERE =>DOWNLOAD THE WEBINAR SLIDES HERE (PDF) Resources mentioned during the webinar HIVMA fact [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What’s my state up to? Medicaid & Marketplace Status Updates
Not sure where your state stands on implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion and health insurance marketplaces? We’ll point you to answers! Under the ACA, middle-income people can purchase health insurance through online marketplaces (AKA “exchanges”). States had until February 15, 2013 to decide which type of exchange they want to operate: one [...]
Health Reform, Insurance Coverage, and You: An Infographic
How will new health reforms impact you? The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) in partnership with the Journal for the American Medical Association (JAMA) has put together a Visualizing Health Policy series. KFF and JAMA have posted several infographics that display information about specific health reform issues. The latest resource provides a step-by-step guide to figuring [...]
Webinar Video, Slides & Resources: Make the ACA Private Insurance Expansion Work for People with HIV
Did you miss the webinar, Making the ACA Private Insurance Expansion Work for People with HIV ? You can still access the webinar slides and view the video! DOWNLOAD THE WEBINAR SLIDES HERE (PDF) Watch the video here * *Note: On the recording, slides will appear temporarily delayed at the beginning of the webinar. However, normal progression will resume [...]
Getting into the Conversation: Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits
AIDS Foundation of Chicago is continuing its fight against HIV/AIDS by being a part of the conversation concerning health reform! Recently, Vice President of Policy, John Peller, wrote a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expressing AFC’s stance on “Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits” (EHBs). The letter expresses the minimum health [...]
JOHN: uninsured & employed with borderline income
Age: 37 John works as a peer educator at a large HIV clinic making approximately $1,400 per month. He gets his HIV care at the clinic and his medications through ADAP, but receives no health insurance through his work. NOW Because John’s HIV is under control and he has no disabling conditions, he doesn’t qualify [...]
HIV Experts to Feds: Health care reform benefits need improvements
What benefits will people with HIV get under health reform? To help the federal government answer this question, two national coalitions of HIV and chronic disease policy experts recently weighed in on proposed regulations on December 26, 2012. In November 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released proposed rules that would [...]
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