Understand the Law
The first step to becoming an effective advocate is to understand the basics of the new law. You don’t need to get bogged down in the details, but it’s good to know some of the most important factoids to impress your friends and family and chat with your elected officials. Click below to learn away!
1. Watch this most amazing and informative cartoon on the new health care law from Kaiser Family Foundation. It’s also available in Spanish, and there’s an interactive version (English-only). Learn more. ·
-Summary of the new law from Kaiser Family Foundation
-National Immigration Law Center resources: Materials on immigrants and health care reform?
-HHS Fact Sheet: How does the Affordable Care Act help people living with HIV/AIDS?
3. Presentations on the new law. Learn more. ·
- What does health reform mean for people with HIV, their providers, and the Ryan White program? (Project Inform)
- HIV and health care reform (Treatment Access Expansion Project)
- Health Care Reform and HIV (with case studies) (Treatment Access Expansion Project)
- Presentation on Ryan White and HCR integration from TAEP
- Project Inform’s questions and answers on health reform for people with HIV (in English and Spanish)
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