The Kaiser Family Foundation (an excellent source for all things health care) has a new animated tool to understand how the Affordable Care Act — aka health care reform – will affect uninsured and underinsured families, as well as businesses large and small and medical providers. Click on each of the animated “YouToon” characters to … [ Read full post ]
Posts Tagged ‘Affordable Care Act’
Health care reform gets animated
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
Two new fact sheets on American Indian health
Friday, April 6th, 2012American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs) are more likely to experience serious psychological distress compared to whites (12 percent vs. six percent) in California, according to a new UCLA Center for Health Policy Research fact sheet. The new publication is jam-packed with other eye-opening data on such behavioral health topics as suicide and physical … [ Read full post ]
Stressed and Strapped: Caregivers in California
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Family members or friends caring for aging or disabled individuals in California are under both financial and emotional strain and are likely to face even greater burdens, given recent cuts in state support for programs and services that support in-home care, write the authors of a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health … [ Read full post ]
How to care for the “silver tsunami” of aging Boomers
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011Geoffrey J. Hoffman, a doctoral candidate at the UCLA School of Public Health, is lead author of a new policy brief on the stress and financial burden placed on the state’s informal caregivers. In this brief interview, he talks about who the typical caregiver is in California, why more don’t use state services and … [ Read full post ]
Affordable Care Act may help two-thirds of state’s uninsured
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
The release of the 2010 Census data showing significant declines in health coverage ironically coincided with the six-month anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. The rise in the number of uninsured highlights the importance of one of the law’s primary goals: to significantly expand health coverage to Americans. In California, nearly two-thirds of currently uninsured
Ellen Wu: CHIS data fuels CPEHN’s advocacy for a more diverse approach to health care reform
Monday, April 11th, 2011
REPRESENTING DIVERSITY: As historic health care reform legislation is implemented in California, CPHEN’s Executive Director Ellen Wu describes how her organization used data to ensure that the state’s diverse needs and viewpoints were represented in the planning process.
When President Barack Obama signed the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), it was a landmark moment for … [ Read full post ]
