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Health care reform arrived in 2010 and now it is moving fast. Whether you agreed with the federal Affordable Care Act or not, it will touch your life in one way or another. Changes have already been implemented in Illinois which affect hundreds of thousands of people including those with pre-existing conditions, seniors & people with disabilities on Medicare, adults with college-age children, small business owners and others.
Each individual state is responsible for many aspects of health care reform implementation -- and every state will do it differently. For that reason, a group of health care policy and consumer organizations in Illinois decided to start Illinois Health Matters.org. With generous funding from The Chicago Community Trust, we designed this site to be a user-friendly, digital hub for information about health care reform implementation in Illinois.
We will provide insight into how health care reform impacts four different target populations: individuals and family, small businesses, community-based organizations and media & policymakers. We?ll post questions and answers and hope to be your trusted source of information.
Please visit us often and participate in the conversation!
Barbara Otto, Health & Disability Advocates
John Bouman, Sargent Shriver Center on National Poverty Law
Jon Lavin, AgeOptions
Jim Duffett, Campaign for Better Health Care
Margie Schaps, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
- The Affordable Care Act Will Not Replace Illinois Cares Rx
Illinois Cares Rx is one of the many health programs on the chopping block in Governor Quinn's Medicaid budget plan. This will affect 160,000 low income seniors and people with disabilities who receive Illinois Cares Rx to help them pay for life-saving...
- What Does Health Care Reform Mean For Small Businesses?
Your Bottom Line: What Healthcare Reform Means for Illinois Small Businesses March 23, 2012 11:00 AM CDT This webinar will focus on what the new federal healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act, means for Illinois small businesses. It will include both...
- Happy 1st Birthday, Illinois Health Matters!
A year ago today, Health & Disability Advocates, along with a collaboration of Chicago-based health policy and advocacy groups, with the generous support of The Chicago Community Trust, launched Illinois Health Matters. The stated goal of the website...
- Neighborhood Stories: The Importance Of Community-based Health Organizations
Today, Illinois Health Matters launched the third release in their ongoing multimedia series, Neighborhood Stories. This installment reveals through video and investigative journalism the importance of community based organizations, such as...
- Policy To The People - Illinois Policymakers Weigh In About Aca Implementation In Illinois
Health care reform in Illinois may originate from the federal law, the Affordable Care Act, but it is up to each state to implement many pieces of the law. For that reason, we made Illinois' implementation of health care reform the focus of our latest...
Health News
Welcome to the Illinois Health Matters Blog
Health care reform arrived in 2010 and now it is moving fast. Whether you agreed with the federal Affordable Care Act or not, it will touch your life in one way or another. Changes have already been implemented in Illinois which affect hundreds of thousands of people including those with pre-existing conditions, seniors & people with disabilities on Medicare, adults with college-age children, small business owners and others.
Each individual state is responsible for many aspects of health care reform implementation -- and every state will do it differently. For that reason, a group of health care policy and consumer organizations in Illinois decided to start Illinois Health Matters.org. With generous funding from The Chicago Community Trust, we designed this site to be a user-friendly, digital hub for information about health care reform implementation in Illinois.
We will provide insight into how health care reform impacts four different target populations: individuals and family, small businesses, community-based organizations and media & policymakers. We?ll post questions and answers and hope to be your trusted source of information.
Please visit us often and participate in the conversation!
Barbara Otto, Health & Disability Advocates
John Bouman, Sargent Shriver Center on National Poverty Law
Jon Lavin, AgeOptions
Jim Duffett, Campaign for Better Health Care
Margie Schaps, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
- The Affordable Care Act Will Not Replace Illinois Cares Rx
Illinois Cares Rx is one of the many health programs on the chopping block in Governor Quinn's Medicaid budget plan. This will affect 160,000 low income seniors and people with disabilities who receive Illinois Cares Rx to help them pay for life-saving...
- What Does Health Care Reform Mean For Small Businesses?
Your Bottom Line: What Healthcare Reform Means for Illinois Small Businesses March 23, 2012 11:00 AM CDT This webinar will focus on what the new federal healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act, means for Illinois small businesses. It will include both...
- Happy 1st Birthday, Illinois Health Matters!
A year ago today, Health & Disability Advocates, along with a collaboration of Chicago-based health policy and advocacy groups, with the generous support of The Chicago Community Trust, launched Illinois Health Matters. The stated goal of the website...
- Neighborhood Stories: The Importance Of Community-based Health Organizations
Today, Illinois Health Matters launched the third release in their ongoing multimedia series, Neighborhood Stories. This installment reveals through video and investigative journalism the importance of community based organizations, such as...
- Policy To The People - Illinois Policymakers Weigh In About Aca Implementation In Illinois
Health care reform in Illinois may originate from the federal law, the Affordable Care Act, but it is up to each state to implement many pieces of the law. For that reason, we made Illinois' implementation of health care reform the focus of our latest...