In 2006, Massachusetts passed health care reform that implemented a number of policies that are now being mirrored in the Obama health reform plan. The president has repeatedly claimed that his plan will lower health care costs but not decrease health care quality. This visualization looks at how the Massachusetts plan has panned out in terms of cost and wait times. Sources: Wait Times – Merrit Hawkins and Associates 2009 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times: www.merritthawkins.com Cost of Insurance Premiums – AHIP Center for Policy and Research Individual Health Insurance 2006-2007: A Comprehensive Survey of Premiums, Availability, and Benefits – www.ahipresearch.org
Obama Health Reform and Wait Times Visualization (In Lego!)
January 23rd, 2012Weekly Address: Medicare Officially Safer After Health Reform
January 18th, 2012
The President discusses a new Medicare Trustees report showing Medicare to be on much stronger footing as a result of the reforms in the Affordable Care Act. In addition, seniors are also already getting help with prescription drug costs when they fall into the infamous “donut hole.”
White House White Board: The Costs of Repealing Health Reform
January 12th, 2012
Stephanie Cutter, an Assistant to the President who has been working on implementing the health reform law, takes to the White House White Board to explain what repealing it would mean for family premium costs and American jobs.
The Impact of Health Reform on California
January 6th, 2012
Making Health Care Reform Work: The Impact of Health Reform on California Opening Remarks: Kevin Johnson Mayor, Sacramento, California Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (D-Sacramento) “A congressional update on the Affordable Care Act.” Moderator: Lisa Suennen Co-founder and Managing Member of Psilos Group Panelists: Diana Dooley Secretary, Health and Human Services Agency Cindy Ehnes Director, California Department of Managed Healthcare Paul Markovich Chief Operating Officer, Blue Shield of California Saumya Sutaria Director, McKinsey & Co. Sponsored by The UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies and the UC Sacramento Center For more information on this series, visit igs.berkeley.edu
As Health Reform Challenges Proceed, States Face Big Decisions
January 1st, 2012
Read the Transcript: to.pbs.org After four conflicting court rulings on the health care reform law, Ray Suarez looks at what’s next for states and patients with Neera Tanden of the Center for American Progress and Thomas Miller of the American Enterprise Institute.
President Obama On the Passage of Health Reform
December 26th, 2011
President Obama speaks moments after the historic passage by the House of Representatives of the Senate’s health reform legislation.
Announcing the Winner of the Health Reform Video Challenge
December 9th, 2011
You should be with us in 2012, join now: my.barackobama.com After nearly 1000 submissions, 20 amazing finalists, and more than 3 million views, Organizing for America supporters and a panel of experts have picked the winner of the OFA Health Reform Video Challenge.
How Can Health Reform Help Small Employers?
December 3rd, 2011
The health reform law offers a substantial tax credit to help many small businesses provide health insurance to their employees. Many nonprofit organizations are also eligible, even though they don’t pay taxes. In this video, Terry Gardiner, a former small business owner in Alaska, now with Small Business Majority of Washington, DC, explains the tax credit. The video is part of a series produced by the non-partisan Alliance for Health Reform in Washington, DC (allhealth.org). Our aim is to explain simply and in concrete terms the major provisions of the health reform law (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010). The series is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. To suggest questions that you would like to have answered in this series, please send an email to BillErwin@allhealth.org