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The website:
? Reviews the fundamentals about the Affordable Care Act and links to information about Medicaid expansion, insurance exchanges and the individual mandate.
- Thursday Morning Webinar Will Explain Health Reform Law
UPDATE: The webinar is archived here. Amid much speculation and misinformation about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Kentucky Voices for Health will hold a webinar this week to explain it, and to help participants explain it to others....
- Questions About Health-care Reform Law Answered In Comprehensive Courier-journal Report
Reporter Laura Ungar has put together an excellent primer in The Courier-Journal that appears to answer all the key questions people have about the federal health-care reform law. Reporters would do well to refer to Ungar's report when writing...
- Feds Give Ky. $3 Million To Hold Health Insurers Accountable
Kentucky will receive more than $3.2 million in federal grants to help state officials track health-insurance premium increases and make insurers more accountable. The funds are part of guidelines set forth in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
- Health Reform Source Website Answers Questions About Law
In time for the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the federal health-reform law, the Kaiser Family Foundation is advertising its Health Reform Source website, which offers comprehensive resources concerning the Patient Protection and Affordable...
- Emergency Speak Out: Rally In Response To The U.s. Supreme Court?s Health Care Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule by Thursday of this week on whether two key provisions of the Affordable Care Act - the landmark health care law - are constitutional: The requirement for people to have health insurance as of 2014 andThe expansion...
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New website explores and outs of Affordable Care Act; useful tool for reporters
One of the most complex and far-reaching pieces of legislation to pass in recent years is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the federal health-care reform law that, among other provisions, requires Americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty.
But because of its complexity, journalists can shy away from delving into stories about it. With state insurance exchanges and Medicaid expansion sure to be hot topics during the election season and the legislative session, it?s important to have reliable sources of information about the law. The American Public Health Association has a website that answers many if not most of the questions reporters, and the public, often have.The website:
? Reviews the fundamentals about the Affordable Care Act and links to information about Medicaid expansion, insurance exchanges and the individual mandate.
? Looks at the implementation timeline of the law.
? Includes fact sheets about the ACA?s prevention funding program, which allows seniors and others to get free preventive care including mammograms and other screenings.
? Breaks down the U.S. Supreme Court?s decision to uphold the law.
The website is a useful tool in any health reporter?s arsenal and is worth a look. (Read more)
- Thursday Morning Webinar Will Explain Health Reform Law
UPDATE: The webinar is archived here. Amid much speculation and misinformation about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Kentucky Voices for Health will hold a webinar this week to explain it, and to help participants explain it to others....
- Questions About Health-care Reform Law Answered In Comprehensive Courier-journal Report
Reporter Laura Ungar has put together an excellent primer in The Courier-Journal that appears to answer all the key questions people have about the federal health-care reform law. Reporters would do well to refer to Ungar's report when writing...
- Feds Give Ky. $3 Million To Hold Health Insurers Accountable
Kentucky will receive more than $3.2 million in federal grants to help state officials track health-insurance premium increases and make insurers more accountable. The funds are part of guidelines set forth in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
- Health Reform Source Website Answers Questions About Law
In time for the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the federal health-reform law, the Kaiser Family Foundation is advertising its Health Reform Source website, which offers comprehensive resources concerning the Patient Protection and Affordable...
- Emergency Speak Out: Rally In Response To The U.s. Supreme Court?s Health Care Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule by Thursday of this week on whether two key provisions of the Affordable Care Act - the landmark health care law - are constitutional: The requirement for people to have health insurance as of 2014 andThe expansion...