Health Care Reform Resources

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GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE REFORM LINKS:

White House health reform home page

http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/healthcare-fact-sheets/mi.pdf -- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s “Immediate Benefits in Michigan” document

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) health care reform page

http://answers.hhs.gov/search/results?category_id=241&q=  -- HHS – Frequently Asked Questions (interactive) about health care reform

http://www.healthcare.gov/law/timeline/index.html  -- HHS/healthcare.gov
(interactive) timeline

http://www.healthcare.gov/compare/ -- interactive review of hospitals’ performance

http://www.healthreform.gov/newsroom/new_patients_bill_of_rights.html  -- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 - Patient’s Bill of Rights

Health Insurance Program (insurance pool for persons with pre-existing conditions)

 

 

CONSUMER HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION LINKS:

Video courtesy the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

 

More informational video clips, courtesy of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:

Cost Sharing and the Affordable Care Act

Health Insurance Exchanges

Insurance Market Reforms

Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act

 

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation's Healthcare Reform page, including an informative video

AARP's Healthcare Reform Page

Community Catalyst resources-by-topics links page

PICO Network timeline poster

Families USA “Health Care Central” info

The Commonwealth Fund Health Reform Resource Center

Health care overview from MichUHCAN

 

 

 

LINKS FOR "UNDERINSURED" RESOURCES:

The Healthwell Foundation (for co-payments, insurance premiums, co-insurance assistance)

The Assistance Fund (for advanced biotech treatments/medications financial support)