Health Care Reform Resources
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will make health care affordable for the middle class, provide security for seniors, and guarantee access to health insurance for the uninsured – while reducing the federal deficit by $138 billion over the next 10 years and by $1.2 trillion in the next decade.
The Pennsylvania Health Access Network has compiled this page to provide you with easy-to-understand resources about the new health reform law. Check back often as we will update this page as more information becomes available.
Resources From PHAN
- The Benefits of Health Reform by Pennsylvania Congressional District
- High Risk Pools Summary
- The Future of adultBasic: Preserving Access to Affordable Health Coverage for the Uninsured in Pennsylvania (You can also view maps showing adultBasic enrollment and waiting list numbers by county across Pennsylvania.)
Additional Resources on Health Reform
- Quick Wins: Who Will Be Helped Right Away By the New Health Care Reform Law?, Community Catalyst
- Health Insurance Reform and Pennsylvania, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Health Reform Subsidy Calculator, The Kaiser Family Foundation
- Putting Americans in Charge of Their Health Care, The White House
- Health Care Reform Publications, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Strengthening Medicare, U.S. House Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor
PowerPoint Presentations from PHAN Conference
Keynote Address
Health Care Reform: What It All Means & What Comes Next
Valerie Arkoosh, MD, MPH, President, National Physicians Alliance
Workshops
The Devil is in the Details: The Exchange
What is an exchange, anyway?
Cheryl Fish-Parcham, Families USA
National Health Care Reform: Helping People and Small Businesses Afford Private Insurance
Katherine Howitt, Community Catalyst
Women and Health Reform: Where We Landed and Where We Go From Here
Women and Health Reform: Where We Landed and Where We Go From Here
Raising Women’s Voices of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Health Care Quality
Opportunities for Better Care in National Health Reform
Renee Markus Hodin, Community Catalyst/ Integrated Care Advocacy Project
Hitting the Ground Running: The Basics of Private Insurance and New Market Reforms
Hit the Ground Running
Cheryl Fish-Parcham, Families USA
Medicaid after Health Reform
National Health Care Reform: What Does It Mean for Medicaid?
Katherine Howitt, Community Catalyst
Closing Session
Consumer Advocacy’s Role in Successful Health Care Reform
Reena E. Singh, Field Coordinator, Community Catalyst