Health Reform Implementation: When Sausage-Making Moves Downtown July 9, 2010 Event Panelists at this briefing examine what’s happening behind the scenes to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. An overview of federal policymaking and the efforts by stakeholders and others to affect final policies pertaining to the health reform law is provided. The session will look into key tools…
Marilyn Werber Serafini Chosen as First Robin Toner Distinguished Fellow July 1, 2010 News Release Foundation Establishes Fellowship in Recognition of Former New York Times Health Journalist WASHINGTON, D.C.– National Journal health care and welfare reporter Marilyn Werber Serafini has been selected as the inaugural Robin Toner Distinguished Fellow of the Kaiser Family Foundation. Serafini is a veteran, award-winning journalist who has covered the U.S.…
What’s in There? The New Health Reform Law and Medicare May 7, 2010 Event As part of an ongoing series to explore what is in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, this May 7 briefing sponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation examines how the reform law affects…
Summary of Key Changes to Medicare in 2010 Health Reform Law April 29, 2010 Issue Brief Summary of Key Changes to Medicare in 2010 Health Reform Law . This brief provides a detailed look at the improvements in Medicare benefits, changes to payments for providers and Medicare Advantage plans, various demonstration projects and other Medicare provisions in the law. It includes a timeline of key dates for implementing the Medicare-related provisions in the law.
The New Health Reform Law and Medicaid April 23, 2010 Event This briefing, cosponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation, explores the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA). A panel of experts explain how PPACA and HCERA affect Medicaid, and answer…
State Health Reform and Data April 22, 2010 Landing Page KFF’s State Health Reform team tracks state reform efforts, including state insurance exchanges and other efforts that complement the Affordable Care Act, and manages and produces state-specific data on health coverage, health reform activities, and population health.
The Program on the ACA April 21, 2010 Landing Page The Program on the ACA tracks and analyzes key aspects of the Affordable Care Act, including changes in the individual market and trends involving the ACA’s insurance marketplaces. The program examines the implications for the cost, affordability and accessibility of coverage, including proposals to change the 2010 law.
What’s in There? An Ask-the-Experts Overview of the Health Reform Law April 16, 2010 Event The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 are now law. But many people have questions about the new reforms. To answer questions about the major provisions of these two laws, the Alliance for Health Reform and The Commonwealth Fund sponsored…
Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Provisions in the New Health Reform Law April 7, 2010 Issue Brief This brief compares the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program provisions in the new health reform law with pre-reform law governing those programs. The analysis focuses on Medicaid coverage and financing changes; how Medicaid and CHIP will interface with a new health insurance exchange and other Medicaid benefits and access…
Explaining Health Care Reform: Questions About Health Insurance Exchanges April 1, 2010 Issue Brief The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed into law in March 2010, made broad changes to the way health insurance will be provided and paid for in the United States. PPACA created a new mechanism for purchasing coverage called Exchanges, which are entities that will be set up…