Posts for Affordable Care Act
Improving Medicaid: Federal help to expand home care
Is your state still stowing in nursing homes people who could live at home with adequate help ? Is the state spending millions of Medicaid dollars on institutional long-term care when they could get federal funds to expand the less expensive community ser
Cross Post: The ACA’s Valentine to Veronica and Her Family: Peace of Mind
Health, happiness and success are three of the most common wishes parents have for their children’s future.
Navigators, Assisters, and Counselors, Oh My!
By now we know that upwards of 30 million Americans will have new, more affordable health coverage options available to them by January 1, 2014. But what many don’t realize is how incredibly difficult it can be to understand and choose the right health in
Cross Post: Consumers, Doctors and Legislators: Let the Sunshine In
This entry was originally posted on Community Catalyst's PostScript blog.
Consumer advocates, doctors, employers and leaders in Congress alike have all written letters this month urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement
Partnership Exchanges – Coming into Focus
With a year to go before Exchanges open for business, the pace of new guidance continues to pick up. Just this past week, HHS released guidance on State Partnership Exchanges. The Partnership Exchange is not an option presented in the Affordable Care Act
The ACA Does That Too?! Moving to Curb LGBTQ discrimination in Health Care
A woman in New Jersey was denied insurance coverage for an annual mammogram despite her plan’s typical coverage for such services. The reason: she’s transgender and her plan denies any coverage related to sex reassignment. She filed a lawsuit and eventual
The Insider: Health care and the fiscal debate: Where are we now and where are we going?
As the final days of 2012 slip away, little time remains for Congress and the President to strike a deal on tax rates and spending levels. If there is no deal, a host of tax cuts enacted under both Presidents Bush and Obama will expire (along with a numbe
Cross Post: Pass the Stuffing: There’s a lot going on in the new essential health benefit rules
This blog entry was originally posted on CHIRblog, a blog from the Center for Health Insurance Reforms, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute.
Last week, right before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Obama Administration released its proposed rule es
Highlights from 2012 NEACH Children’s Health Care Summit
On November 14, Community Catalyst’s New England Alliance for Children’s Health (NEACH) hosted its annual Children’s Health Care Summit in Worcester, Massachusetts. The summit covered topics such as consumer assistance programs, foster youth and the Affor
Improving Medicaid: Federal help to expand home care
Is your state still stowing in nursing homes people who could live at home with adequate help ? Is the state spending millions of Medicaid dollars on institutional long-term care when they could get federal funds to expand the less expensive community ser
Cross Post: The ACA’s Valentine to Veronica and Her Family: Peace of Mind
Health, happiness and success are three of the most common wishes parents have for their children’s future.
Navigators, Assisters, and Counselors, Oh My!
By now we know that upwards of 30 million Americans will have new, more affordable health coverage options available to them by January 1, 2014. But what many don’t realize is how incredibly difficult it can be to understand and choose the right health in
Cross Post: Consumers, Doctors and Legislators: Let the Sunshine In
This entry was originally posted on Community Catalyst's PostScript blog.
Consumer advocates, doctors, employers and leaders in Congress alike have all written letters this month urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement
Partnership Exchanges – Coming into Focus
With a year to go before Exchanges open for business, the pace of new guidance continues to pick up. Just this past week, HHS released guidance on State Partnership Exchanges. The Partnership Exchange is not an option presented in the Affordable Care Act
The ACA Does That Too?! Moving to Curb LGBTQ discrimination in Health Care
A woman in New Jersey was denied insurance coverage for an annual mammogram despite her plan’s typical coverage for such services. The reason: she’s transgender and her plan denies any coverage related to sex reassignment. She filed a lawsuit and eventual
The Insider: Health care and the fiscal debate: Where are we now and where are we going?
As the final days of 2012 slip away, little time remains for Congress and the President to strike a deal on tax rates and spending levels. If there is no deal, a host of tax cuts enacted under both Presidents Bush and Obama will expire (along with a numbe
Cross Post: Pass the Stuffing: There’s a lot going on in the new essential health benefit rules
This blog entry was originally posted on CHIRblog, a blog from the Center for Health Insurance Reforms, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute.
Last week, right before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Obama Administration released its proposed rule es
Highlights from 2012 NEACH Children’s Health Care Summit
On November 14, Community Catalyst’s New England Alliance for Children’s Health (NEACH) hosted its annual Children’s Health Care Summit in Worcester, Massachusetts. The summit covered topics such as consumer assistance programs, foster youth and the Affor