Affordable Care Act

Accommodation Reached that Protects Women’s Health and Religious Leaders’ Concerns Over Contraceptives

Submitted by Erin Gill on February 13, 2012 - 1:07pm

On Friday afternoon, the Obama administration, after considering the concerns raised by religious institutions like Catholic hospitals and universities over the rule that all non-religious employers offer contraceptive coverage (for free) as a preventive benefit under the Affordable Care Act, announced an accommodation -- a slight revision of the policy that will allow an employer who is opposed to covering contraception on religious grounds to not offer it in their policy, and instead require the insurance company that covers that workplace to provide the benefit in a separate policy to em

Contraceptives, Catholics & Controversy: What's the Real Deal?

Submitted by Erin Gill on February 9, 2012 - 2:03pm

If you’ve caught the news in recent days, you’re probably wondering what’s going on with the issue of contraceptives and the Catholic Church.

Here’s the deal:

One of the biggest goals of the Affordable Care Act -- aside from making coverage accessible to those who are currently shut out of the system now -- was putting a bigger focus on wellness and preventive care by giving everyone better tools to keep themselves healthy.

Pennsylvania Moving Forward on Insurance Marketplace; Industry Working to Influence Lawmakers to Do the "Bare Minimum"

Submitted by Erin Gill on January 22, 2012 - 10:45pm

In an email today, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department announced it’s intent to move forward on establishing a health insurance marketplace in PA. The Department has applied for funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to complete the planning and begin designing a new health insurance marketplace (an “exchange”) that needs to be open for business on January 1, 2014.

Guest Post: PHAN Launches "Health on the Horizon" Story Project to Show Importance of, Need for Affordable Care Act

Submitted by pahealth on June 29, 2011 - 9:34pm

Greetings PHAN members! My name is Holly Dolan, and I am working with the PHAN "Messaging Committee" on a project called Health on the Horizon. The purpose of this project is to take control of the framing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and ensure its successful implementation in Pennsylvania.

Grandfathered Plans and the Affordable Care Act

Submitted by Athena Ford on May 12, 2011 - 10:20am

We won a host of new protections and privileges under the Affordable Care Act, like for example free preventive care and the ever-popular banning lifetime limits. But, a year later many of us still have questions about these - when do I these? What if my employer renews their plan?

House GOP Declares War on Health Care, Turns Its Back on Seniors, Children and People with Disabilities in 2012 Budget Proposal

Submitted by Erin Gill on April 6, 2011 - 4:04pm

Plan Would Privatize Medicare, Turn Medicaid into Block Grant Program and Cut All Funding for Affordability Subsidies and Medicaid Expansion in the Affordable Care Act

Remember the political hay that opponents of health reform made by scaring the daylights out of seniors with relentless TV and radio ads that spread the lies that the Affordable Care Act would negatively impact Medicare? Well, now seniors (and everyone else) have reason to be afraid… Very afraid, and angry, and ready to fight back.

Protecting Pennsylvania's Health: Standing Up for the Affordable Care Act

ACA Timeline and Summary (Jan 2012).pdf

ACA Summary Brochure.pdf

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law on March 23rd, 2010, puts an end to some of the worst insurance company abuses and levels the playing field to give working families, seniors, and small businesses access to the kind of stable, quality, affordable health coverage that has been out of reach for so many, for far too long.