Posted by: Angela Shubert on Jul 06, 2010
The tax extenders bill (also known as the jobs bill), H.R. 4213, has been stalled in Congress for weeks. The Senate has now attempted to pass a bill to address the unemployment and state budget crisis three times to no avail. Each step along the way, the Senate has hit a wall of opposition that is supposedly based on concerns about increasing the federal deficit. To appease these concerns, the Senate cut a critical provision to provide additional assistance to states for Medicaid by one-third – but the bill still failed to win the 60 votes necessary to pass. Every Republican and one Democrat voted against the bill.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Jul 02, 2010
One of the earliest and most popular provisions of the Affordable Care Act is the provision that allows young adults to stay on their family’s health coverage until age 26. This is expected to help many graduating college and high school seniors—but it will also help hundreds of 20-somethings who are currently uninsured because they were not able to stay on their parents’ plan. Our fact sheet explains the details.
Posted by: Christine Sebastian on Jul 01, 2010
The web portal Is up and running! Today, July 1, you can visit HealthCare.gov for the first time ever and view all the health coverage options that are available to you!
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Jun 29, 2010
During the final months leading up to the passage of health reform, it seemed you couldn’t read a newspaper without seeing a headline about another insurance company attempting to impose enormous rate hikes on its customers in the individual market. Although these insurance companies tried to make it seem like the rate hikes would only affect a small portion of the market, a new survey out by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that not only was a large percentage of the individual market erroneously affected by the rate hikes, it forced some to switch to lower-cost plans with less coverage.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Jun 22, 2010
Primary care health professionals play a vital role in keeping our families and our communities healthy. Their focus on preventive care and wellness is key to keeping us healthier in the long run. Despite the need for primary care physicians, there is a growing shortage of doctors in the field.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Jun 17, 2010
It doesn’t even need to be said that women play an integral role in the health care of many others, including their children, their parents, and their families as a whole. And though women make up half of the U.S. population, for years they have not received treatment equal to men in the health care system. Health reform aims to eliminate this unfair treatment.
Posted by: Erin Kelly on Jun 17, 2010
If you had to choose between making car payments and visiting the doctor, which would you choose? What about if you had to choose between saving up for your children’s college tuition or paying for an expensive check-up out of your own pocket?
Posted by: Jonay Foster on Jun 16, 2010
Disparities among communities of color persist in our nation. People of color are more likely than whites to lack health insurance, to receive lower-quality care, and to experience worse health outcomes.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Jun 16, 2010
Last week, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation released a report by the Urban Institute analyzing the impact of the Massachusetts’s health reform law over the past year. By all accounts, access, quality, and affordability have improved for all Bay Staters both since the inception of the bill in April 2006 and over the past year.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Jun 09, 2010
Community health centers play a key role in providing access to primary and preventive health care, especially to historically underserved populations in rural or low-income neighborhoods. According to the National Association of Community Health Centers, “1,200 health centers deliver care through over 7,500 service delivery sites in every state and territory.”
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