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                                              Policy Watch


                                              Affordable Care Act

                                              Medicaid Benefit Changes

                                              Michigan Consumers for Healthcare Resources

                                              _Patients Bill of Rights
                                              The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) offers you several new protections that are known as the “Patients’ Bill of Rights.” This brief explains what those rights and protections are, and how they can help you.

                                              Medicare's New Wellness Visit

                                              The Affordable Care Act Improves Medicare by Emphasizing Prevention and Wellness

                                              Provisions of the ACA


                                              Impact in Michigan

                                              Shaping Medicaid Managed Care Expansions to Better Serve Consumers


                                              Health Reform Benefit Fact Sheets (per population)
                                              Seniors
                                              Women
                                              Disabilities
                                              Young Adults
                                              Families
                                              African Americans


                                              Free Clinic approaches to the ACA


                                              Health Reform Flowchart
                                              Recommendations for FCOM

                                              Kaiser Affordable Care Act Timeline

                                              Implementation Timeline
                                              The implementation timeline is an interactive tool designed to explain how and when the provisions of the health reform law will be implemented over the next several years.

                                              You can show or hide all the changes occurring in a year by clicking on that year. Click on a provision to get more information about it. Customize the timeline by checking and unchecking specific topics.


                                              Kaiser Video
                                              Confused about how the new health reform law really works? This short, animated movie -- featuring the "YouToons" -- explains the problems with the current health care system, the changes that are happening now, and the big changes coming in 2014. Learn more about how the health reform law will affect the health insurance coverage options for individuals, families and businesses with the interactive feature.
                                              Illustrating Health Reform: How Health Insurance Coverage Will Work
                                              Spanish Version of Illustrating Health Reform


                                              Government Resources

                                              • Healthcare.gov
                                              • http://www.whitehouse.gov/Issues/Health-Care 
                                                http://stabenow.senate.gov/healthcare/ 

                                              Legislation

                                              C-span Healthcare Hub

                                              Kaiser Health

                                              News

                                              Kaiser Commission on medicaid and the uninsured

                                              Financing New Medicaid Coverage under Health Reform

                                              News Articles

                                              Health Care Reform News- The New York Times
                                                 

                                              Health and Medical Services- Chicago Tribune
                                                  
                                              Reuters - Follow Healthcare Reform
                                                   
                                              Government and Politics - Detroit Free Press

                                              Commentary

                                              Check out the blog, Health Care Reform in America, by Dr. Kenneth Fisher, nephrology consultant and medical director of the former Free Clinic of Kalamazoo. Dr. Fisher has written over forty scientific and medical policy articles. He has also been an insulin-requiring diabetic for the past forty-four years.


                                              The Voice for Healthcare Consumers: Families USA 
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