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 ‘Health Care Reform’
Health care reform gets animated
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
Is your insurance company raising rates? Find out with this new Web tool
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Who’s increasing health insurance premiums? A new tool from the U.S. government lets you plug in your state or insurance company name and get an update on whether they have recently raised their premiums – and by how much.
The tool, located at http://companyprofiles.healthcare.gov/ is part of an expanded transparency effort mandated by the Patient … [ 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 ]
Kids without coverage a risk for all kids
Friday, July 1st, 2011
A new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research estimates that up to 220,000 California children may be excluded from affordable health care coverage under health care reform due to their immigrant status.
The number represents approximately 20 percent of all uninsured children in California.
Of those children, up to 40,000 may be … [ Read full post ]
Data shows who health care reform will help
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Two new studies from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research paint a portrait of who might be eligible for two new health care reform initiatives in California as of 2014: the California Health Benefits Exchange and the expansion of Medi-Cal. The upshot: both programs will largely serve the working-age, singles, or men — populations … [ Read full post ]
