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  • Making Sense of the Census Uninsured Numbers

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    The Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission and Medicaid and the Uninsured discuss the Census uninsured numbers. The Census Bureau announced that the number of people without health insurance dropped from 50 million to 48.6 million in 2011, marking the first decrease since 2007.

  • The Alphabet Soup of Care Delivery Transformation

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    Both the private and public sectors are testing various care delivery transformation models to improve quality, reduce morbidity and mortality, and contain the costs of treatment. The Alliance for Health Reform and WellPoint, Inc. hosted a September 10 briefing to discuss delivery system innovations, Medicare care coordination, and low-spending health care practices.

  • Oral Health: Putting Teeth into the Health Care System

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    The Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored an August 17 briefing to discuss oral health coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). While PPACA ensures dental coverage for children, challenges remain to improve dental health access and coverage for adults.

  • A Different Way of Thinking About Health

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    The Alliance for Health Reform, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Bipartisan Policy Center sponsor an August 13 briefing to discuss the complexities of integrating patient-generated information into the electronic health record, including regulation, "meaningful use" requirements, HIPAA concerns, and more.

  • Community Health Centers: Can They Plug the Gaps in the Safety Net?

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    The Alliance for Health Reform and the Centene Corporation sponsored a July 23 briefing to discuss the role of community health centers (CHCs) in providing care to vulnerable populations as employer-sponsored coverage declines and demand for safety-net services increase.

  • Story Ideas: Impact of the Supreme Court Decision on Health Reform

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    The Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored this reporters-only briefing to help journalists assess the Supreme Court's decision about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Full version: Video   Speakers for this session: The panel was moderated by Ed Howard of the Alliance. John R.